Agricultural Engineering Today
  • Year: 2001
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 5and6

Effect of micro-irrigation on growth and yield of summer planted bunch groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under different irrigation schedules

  • Author:
  • Sudhir Thaman, PPS Lubana, N.K. Narda
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 25 to 32

* Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141004.

Abstract

Studies on the response of summer planted bunch groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) conducted during kharif 1998 season at P.A.U. Ludhiana under different irrigation systems (miero-sprinkler, trickle and conventional) and irrigation schedules (CPE 60, CPE 90 CPE 120) revealed that trickle irrigation at CPE 60 was the best of all the combinations and recorded maximum pod yield, dry matter accumulation, leaf area and lateral spread.