International Journal of Farm Sciences

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) is an important oilseed crop cultivated in Erode district over an area of about 25, 000 ha. Attempts were made in the year 2014 to identify the suitable high yielding groundnut varieties for this region. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with five treatments and four replications. Five selected groundnut varieties (VRI-2, CO-2, TMV-7, TMV-13 and ICGV-91114) were used for the evaluation. The study revealed that the variety ICGV-91114 recorded the significantly higher pod yield of 2, 054.5 kg/ha followed by TMV-13 with 1, 924.5 kg/ha. The least yield of 1, 608.2 kg/ha was recorded in case of CO-2 variety. It was concluded that ICGV-91114 could be recommended to cultivate in Erode district of Tamil Nadu for improving the production of groundnut.