Influence of Plant Population and Seeds types on Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in New Halfa Scheme, Sudan

Mahmoud Adam Mohamed Ahmed, Badr ELdin Abdelgadir Mohamad Ahmed, Abd Elrahim Ibrahim Naiem, Adam Ali Ishag, Hashim Abdelkareem Ibrahim Mohammed

Abstract


In order to study the effect of plant population on yield  and its components of Groundnut, an experiment was conducted in complete randomize blocks design with four replications at Research Farm of  New Halfa Research Station during summer seasons of 2016 and 2017.  Experimental factors including: Type of seeds (shelled and unshelled),  spacing (5, 10 and 15cm) and seed number (1, 2 and 3 Seeds or pods/hole) which combination  to (285714, 571428, 857143, 142827, 428571, 95238 and 190476 plants/ha). The results revealed that, sowing groundnut at 285714-plant population (1seed at 15cm spacing) gave the highest number and weight of pods per plant but 285714-plant population (2 or 3seeds per hill in 10cm spacing) gave the higher 100-seed weight and shelling percentages for both seed types. Also, in the second season, the highest seed yield (4.2 and 4 ton ha-1) produced at (285714 and 428571 plants/ha) when 3 seeds of Groundnut were planted at 10cm or 15cm for shelled and unshelled groundnut seeds. Hence, for achieving optimum results in groundnut variety Madni, the crop may be sown in plant spacing of 10 0r 15cm with 3 seeds to achieve high plant population ha -1 which significantly increased seed yield per unit area

Keywords


Groundnut, yield, plant population, shelled and unshelled seeds

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