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Abstract : |
An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of planting geometry and number of plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 on the yield and quality of groundnut seeds. The experiment consisted of two planting geometry, viz., square planting (22.4 x 22.4 cm2) and rectangular planting (30.0 x 16.7 cm2) and three levels of number of plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 viz., one, two and three plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1. Results showed that planting geometry affected the yield and yield components significantly. Rectangular planting gave significantly higher yield than did square planting system. But square-planting system gave significantly higher percentage of both protein and oil in seed. Two plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 gave significantly higher yield than that of one plant and three plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1. Protein content was significantly affected due to the number of plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 where two plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 gave the maximum result (25.58%) which was insignificantly followed by that of three plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 while oil content remained unaffected. The crops planted in rectangular system (30 x 16.7cm2) with two plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 showed maximum pod yield (2.49 t haأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1). Both protein (26.05%) and oil (50.06%) content was found higher with the crops of square planting system with two plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1. Therefore, the crops planted in rectangular system (30 x 16.7 cm2) with two plants hillأƒآ¢أ‚€أ‚آ¾1 emerged out as the promising practice for the improvement of yield in groundnut., |
