Growth and productivity of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) under different tillage and sowing methods in India

Autor: Debiprasad Dash, Hrusikesh Patro, Abdul Alim
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Applied Biological Research. 16:209
ISSN: 0974-4517
0972-0979
DOI: 10.5958/0974-4517.2014.00012.3
Popis: A field experiment was conducted during rabi seasons of 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12 to assess the effect of 3 tillage practices (conventional tillage, no tillage and rotavator tillage) and 4 sowing methods (conventional sowing, seed-cum-fertilizer drill sowing, paired row sowing and criss-cross sowing) on groundnut production. Tillage methods showed no significant difference in pod yield with maximum yield in rotavator tillage treatment (1570 kg ha−1). Amongst the sowing methods, paired row sowing gave significantly highest pod yield and net returns (1781 kg ha−1 and 19730 ha−1, respectively). The interaction between tillage practices and sowing methods was non-significant.
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