C. BHARGAVI*, N. SUNITHA, B. SANDHYA RANI, G.P. LEELAVATHY AND V. CHANDRIKA

Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517 502.

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was carried out at dryland farm of S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati during rabi, 2022-23 to study the effect of soil and foliar application of nutrients on the performance of bold seeded groundnut. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The results revealed that soil application of 150 % RDF + foliar application of Multi K @ 0.5 % + ZnSO₄ @ 0.2 % + FeSO₄ @ 0.5 % + Boric acid @ 0.1 % (T₉) exhibited superior performance across all growth parameters such as plant height, dry matter production at 60 DAS and at harvest, yield attributes like number of pods plant-1 and hundred pod weight. Which resulted in significantly higher yield and economics and remained on par with 100

% RDF + Multi K @ 0.5 % + ZnSO₄ @ 0.2 % + FeSO₄ @ 0.5 % + Boric acid @ 0.1 % (T₈).

KEYWORDS: Foliar application, Bold seeded groundnut, Increasing RDF levels, Growth parameters and Yield attributes.