O. ANUSHA, G. KRISHNA REDDY*, V. SUMATHI, P. VENKATARAMMUNI REDDY AND A. PRATAP KUMAR REDDY

Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517 502, Chittoor Dt., Andhra Pradesh

ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted at the dry land farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati during rabi, 2016 to study the effect of organic manures viz., FYM and neem cake and organic sources viz., Panchagavya, Jeevamrutha and Ghanajeevamrutha along with 100 per cent recommended dose of fertilizers on growth, yield attributes and yield of groundnut. Application of 100 per cent recommended dose of fertilizers (30-40-50 kg N, P2O5 and K2O ha-1) resulted in improved growth parameters, yield attributes and yield of groundnut. Among the organic sources tested, application of 100 per cent N through FYM (60 %) + Neem cake (40 %) + Seed treatment with ghanajeevamrutha + Foliar spray of panchagavya @ 3 % at every 10 days interval up to 15 days before harvest recorded significantly higher growth parameters, yield attributes and yield of groundnut compared to appli-cation of 100 per cent N through FYM (60 %) + Neem cake (40 %).

KEYWORDS:

Groundnut, Organic manures, Panchagavya, Jeevamrutha, Ghanajeevamrutha, Yield attributes and Yield.