Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Shivaji Suryavanshi, Vikas Patil and Poonam Gunjal

Abstract:
The present field experiment was carried on the Effect of potassium and sulphur on growth attributing characters during different growth sages of summer groundnut during summer season of 2018 at the RCSM College of Agriculture, Kolhapur (M.S.), India. The field trial was laid out in FRBD with three replications and twelve treatment combinations. The soil of experimental field was sandy loam in texture, low in available nitrogen (238.84 kg ha^-1), moderately high in available phosphorus (23.65 kg ha^-1) and moderately high in available potassium (249.10 kg ha^-1). The soil was slightly alkaline in reaction (pH 7.7). The growth attributing characters i.e. plant height, plant spread, number of branches and dry matter observed during different growth stages viz., 30, 45, 60, 75 DAS and at harvest were maximum with the application of 45 kg K₂O ha^-1 followed by 30 kg K₂O ha^-1 in case of potassium and 40 kg S ha^-1 which is comparable with 20 kg S ha^-1 in case of sulphur.