Growth Characteristics, Yield Attributes and Quality of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) as Affected by Integrated Nutrient Management and Moisture Conservation Practice

Abstract

The experiment was conducted in the Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh during the Zaid season of 2022 and 2023. In the experiment, five integrated nutrient management practices were tested- F1: 100% RDF, F2: 75% RDF + 2.5 ton/ha Press mud, F3: 75% RDF + 2.5 ton FYM/ha, F4: 50% RDF + 5 ton/ha Press mud + 5 kg Borax/ha, and F5: 50% RDF + 5 ton FYM/ha + 5 kg Borax/ha. Three moisture conservation options were also tested- M1: Farmer practices, M2: Dust mulching, and M3: Imazathapyr @ 1l/ha + Dust mulching to evaluate the Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management and moisture Conservation practice on Groundnut production (Arachis hypogaea L.). The result showed that INM protocol F4 - 50% RDF + 5 t press mud/ha + 5 kg Borex/ha, Pooled data reveals that plant height (43.07 cm), fresh weight (96.95 g), dry weight (26.06 g), no. of pod/plant (36.45), 100 test weight (46.20 g), protein content (29.89 %) and oil content (43.89%) of groundnut were recorded as significantly higher to comparing other Integrated Nutrient Management practices. However, Moisture practices M3 - M3-Imazathapyr @ 1L ha + Dust mulching, Pooled data reveals that plant height (42.28 cm), fresh weight (90.78 g), dry weight (25.07 g), no. of pod/plant (33.96), 100 test weight (43.16 g), protein content (28.59 %) and oil content (42.53%) of groundnut was recorded significantly higher values compared to other moisture practices.