Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
B Nageswar, B Hari Babu, C Ramana, K Madhusudhana Reddy and B Sreenivasula Reddy

Abstract:
The physical properties of soil and groundnut plants are plays important role in the design of harvesting, conveying, and stripping equipment, to decide the digging depth, blade angle, forward speed, plant catch height, conveyor speed, stripper speed, and stripper spacing. The present study aimed to determine soil properties and plant properties of groundnut varieties viz., Kadiri-6, Dharani. The average soil strength, bulk density, and moisture content of the soil are 1531 Kpa, 1.54 g cc, and 11.26 % respectively. The average length, breadth, root length, number of branches, number of filled and unfilled pods per plant, and pod locating depth of the groundnut plants are varied from 37.2, 27.8, 15.5, 5.2, and 4.6 cm respectively for Kadiri-6. Similarly, the average length, breadth, root length, number of branches, number of filled and unfilled pods per plant, and pod locating depth of the groundnut plants are varied from 42, 24.8, 15.4, 7.2, and 4.2cm respectively for Dharani variety.