Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
JN Parmar, VR Shelar, SR More, MT Bhingarde, PH Deshmukh and AG Durgude

Abstract:
The field experiments were conducted in the two successive summer seasons of 2020 and 2021 at All India Coordinated Research Project on Summer Groundnut, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri to investigate the response of groundnut varieties SB-XI and Phule Unnati with micronutrients application viz., soil application of Phule Micro grade I @ 25 kg ha^-1 at the time of sowing and foliar application Phule Liquid Micro grade II @ 1.0% at 35 and 45 days after sowing and their interaction to augment the growth and yield of summer groundnut. The experiments were designed in factorial completely randomized block design with four replications. Results indicated that the application of micronutrients and their interaction with groundnut varieties had a significant impact on the growth and yield attributes of summer groundnut. The interaction of groundnut variety Phule Unnati with foliar application of Phule liquid Micro grade II @ 1.0% at 35 and 45 days after sowing significantly demonstrated the maximum number of branches^-1, number of pods plant^-1, pod yield, 100 pod weight, kernel yield, 100 kernel weight, shelling outturn and sound mature kernel of summer groundnut. Therefore, the application of micronutrients through foliar spray may be included in the package of practices for cultivation of summer groundnut in order to increase the crop's potential for growth and seed yield.