Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

A field experiment on deep black soils during rabi season of 2014–15 to study the influence of ferti-fortification on dry matter production, yield and yield components viz., number of pods plant⁻¹, pod weight, 100 kernel weight and shelling percentage of groundnut genotypes. Among groundnut genotypes, ICGV-00351 recorded significantly higher pod, kernel and haulm yield (2656, 1934 and 2894 kg ha⁻¹, respectively), dry matter production at harvest (36.54 g plant⁻¹), number of pods plant⁻¹ (33.66), pod weight (31.81 g plant⁻¹), 100 kernel weight (31.59 g) and shelling percentage (72.77%) as compared to other genotypes. Among micronutrients application, higher dry matter production at harvest (43.60 g plant⁻¹), pod, kernel and haulm yield (2789, 2051 and 3080 kg ha⁻¹, respectively), number of pods plant⁻¹ (34.08), pod weight (32.25 g plant⁻¹), 100 kernel weight (31.61 g) and shelling percentage (73.21%) recorded with soil (25 kg ha⁻¹) and foliar (0.5%) application of ZnSO₄ (S₄) as compared to control.