Groundnut

Package Of Practices

Packages of practices for Groundnut

Particulars
Description
1. Land Preparation
 
a. Irrigation before sowing
Rainfed
b. Tillage
One deep ploughing by mould board plough followed by two shallow ploughings by harrow, cultivator or desi plough along with planking to level the land.
c. Soil treatment
Treat the areas effected by termites with BHC or Aldrin dust.
2. Variety
Select the best variety suitable for the area.
3. Time of Sowing
June 15th to July 15th.
4. Seed Rate
  1. a. Spreading type
  2. b. Bunch type
70kgs – 75 kgs per hectare
90kgs – 95 kgs per hectare
  1. 5. Seed Treatment
a. Fungicide treatment
Treat 2 kgs seed with the mixture of 20 gms of Thiram and 1.0 gms of Carbendazim 50%WP OR 1 kg of seed with 1.5 gms of Thiofenate.
b. Insecticide treatment
Treat 1 kg of seed 3-4 hours before sowing with 25 ml of Chlorphyriphos 20 EC or Quinalphos 25 EC.
c. Rhizobium treatment
Treat 10 kgs of seed with 1 packet of the recommended rhizobium culture.
6. Method of Sowing
Sow the seed behind the plough in lines
7. Fertilizers
Apply 20 kgs Nitrogen+30 kgs Phosphate + 45 kgs Potash 2 – 3 cms below the seed during sowing.
8. Spacing

a. Spreading type
  • Row to row
  • Plant to plant

b. Bunch type
  • Row to row
  • Plant to plant
 
45 cms.

20 cms.

30 cms.

15 cms.
9. Interculture
a. Physical
First operation should be done 15-20 days after sowing and the second operation should be done 30-35 days after sowing.Interculture should not be done at peg initiation stage.
b. Chemical control
Pendimethlin 30 EC 3.3 lit/ha
Oxyphlorphen 23.5 EC 420 ml/ha Alachlor 50 EC 4 lit/ha
Mix any of the above in 600-800 litres of water and apply before germination about 3-4 days after sowing.
10. Crop Protection
As Required.
11. Irrigation
In case of no rains irrigate at the peg development stage and pod formation stage.
12. Harvesting
Harvest when the pod cover (shell) becomes rough and hard, grain is pink in colour inner shell is reddish brown.
13. Remarks
  1. Apply 100 kgs of gypsum + 4 kgs of Borax / ha about 3 weeks after sowing into the soil and mix 3-4 cms deep into the soil.
  2. Do not harvest immature groundnuts.
  3. To control white gidar spray insecticides on the host plants.

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