Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume 12 | Issue 2

Effect of Crop Booster on Growth, Yield and Quality of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under Protective Irrigated Condition

Suhas Raj H.R. Pushpa K. Somashekar K.S. Krishnamurthy R. Krupashree R. Gayathri B. Manjunath B. and Santosh D.T.
DOI:10.30954/2347-9655.02.2025.5

Abstract :

Groundnut is one of the important oilseed crops, which needs a proper nutrient management for its proper growth and development. Based on the above fact, a field experiment was conducted during kharif 2024 at the Zonal Agricultural Research Station, GKVK, UAS, Bangalore, to evaluate the effect of a crop booster on growth, yield and quality of groundnut under protective irrigated condition. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) comprising eight treatments with three replications. The results revealed that the application of recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) + 1.0 per cent foliar spray of the crop booster significantly improved growth, yield and yield attributes such as plant height (56.46 cm), number of branches per plant(6.89), number of leaves per plant (42.08), leaf area per plant (887 cm²), leaf area index (2.95), total dry matter accumulation per plant (21.95 g), number of pods per plant (49.52), pod weight per plant (21.14 g), pod yield (3629 kg ha-¹) and haulm yield (4583 kg ha-¹) compared to RDF alone. Notably, this treatment also proved the most financial rewarding, generating higher gross returns (` 1,54,745 ha-1), net returns (` 1,01,213 ha-1) and B:C ratio (2.89).

Highlights

  • Foliar nutrition enhanced growth parameters in groundnut.
  • Foliar application of crop booster increased yield attributes and yield of groundnut.


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