Productivity Of Groundnut
About the Practice
Productivity of groundnut can be increased by use of wheat flour instead of chemical fertililzers. Wheat is coarsely ground and mixed with little amount of water and dusted in the field at the rate of 40 kg per hector before sowing of groundnut crop. The practice gives as much of production as that of any fertiliser. In addition to this, diseases are also reduced or eliminated. The practice saves the field from harmful effects of chemical fertilisers. Reduces cost of cultivation and increases production of groundnut crop. The effect of this fertilizer last for more than a year.
About the Innovator
Agro-Ecological Zone: Arid western Plains
Address: Ajab, Keshod, Junagadh, Gujarat.
District: Junagadh
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 362220
Practice Details
Crop: Groundnut
Crop Family: Fabaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Arachis hypogaea)
Crop Vernacular Name: Badam, peanut, monkey nut, muhfali
Formulation: 40 kg of the mixture per hector.
Ingredients: Flour of wheat, water.
PAS 1:
“It was concluded that Mediterranean climate offers a long and suitable environment having at least 160 calendar days or 2400–2500 °Cd thermal time for both main and double crop production of the groundnut with acceptable yield levels.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378429007001670
“It can be concluded that foliar spraying with 1.00g/L zinc and application of 60 kg P2O5 /fad could improve the vegetative growth, yield and seed quality of groundnut”
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Medhat_Tawfik/publication/267721193_Effect_of_Phosphorus_Fertilizer_and_Foliar_Spraying_with_Zinc_on_Growth_Yield_and_Quality_of_Groundnut_under_Reclaimed_Sandy_Soils/links/5691e71e08aed0aed814a03d.pdf
“Seed bacterization with phylloplane isolates promoted groundnut growth indicating the possibility of isolating rhizosphere beneficial bacteria from different habitats.”
https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01664.x