Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) varietal response to spacing in the Guinea savanna agro-ecological zone of Ghana: Growth and yield

Konlan, S. and Sarkodie-Addo, J. and Asare, E. and Kombiok , M.J. (2013) Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) varietal response to spacing in the Guinea savanna agro-ecological zone of Ghana: Growth and yield. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 8 (22). pp. 2769-2777.

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted at the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in 2006 and 2007 to assess the effect of spacing arrangement on the growth and yield of six new groundnut varieties (Adepa, Azivivi, Jenkaar, Kpanieli, Manipintar and Nkosuor) in three (3) spacing arrangements (30 cm × 15 cm, 40 cm × 10 cm and 50 cm × 10 cm). The factorial experiment was laid in randomized complete block with three replicates. The results showed that groundnut variety and spacing arrangement significantly influenced its growth and yield performance. The Adepa and Manipintar varieties significantly increased pod yield by 9.1 and 77.7 %, while Nkosuor and Azivivi increased mean (100) seed weight by 0.4 and 0.6 %, respectively in 2006 and 2007. The SP1 spacing (30 cm × 15 cm) arrangement improved pod yield by 6.2 and 16.0 % in 2006 and 2007 respectively over their respective means. Based on the pod yield results, the recommended groundnut varieties were Adepa and Manipintar using the 30 cm × 15 cm spacing arrangement

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Arachis hypogaea, sub-optimum, semi-arid, Guinea savanna, smallholder
Author Affiliation: Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), New Tafo-Akim, Ghana
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Groundnut
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2013 06:30
Last Modified: 26 Aug 2013 06:30
Official URL: http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/abstracts/abs...
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/11504

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