Effect of Irrigation Scheduling and Foliar Organic Nutrition on Yield and Economics of Summer Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during summer season of 2022 at Crop Research Farm (CRF), Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (UP) on soil with sandy loam in texture to investigate the effect of Irrigation Scheduling and Foliar Organic Nutrition on growth and yield of Zaid Groundnut. The treatments consist of three Irrigation Schedulings viz., I1: 3 Irrigations (25,45,70 DAS), I2: 2 Irrigations (25,45 DAS), I3: 2 Irrigations (25,70 DAS) and three Foliar Organic Nutrition Comprising of F1 – Panchagavya at 3%, F2 – Jeevamrutha at 3%, F3 – Panchamrutha at 3% whose effect is observed on Groundnut (var. Kadiri-6). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Ten treatments replicated thrice. The treatment with application of 3 Irrigations (25,45,70 DAS) + panchagavya-3% recorded significantly higher number of pods per plant (20.33), number of kernels per pod (2.47), seed index (39.84 g), pod yield (2.85 t/ha), haulm yield (4.4 t/ha) gross returns (1,61,808.4 INR), net returns (1,08,262.20 INR) and B:C ratio (2.02) compared to other treatment combinations.