Effect of seed size on yield and yield components in groundnut

A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2002 to study the effect of seed size on yield and yield components in groundnut. The experiment was conducted on sandy clay loam soils with two cultivars (JL-24 and TPT-4) and five seed sizes (Bold, medium, small, shrivelled and ungraded seed) in factorial randomized block design. The results revealed that plants from bold seed produced significantly higher flowers to peg ratio, peg to pod ratio, number of pods per plant, seed index, harvest index, pod yield, sound matured kernel percentage and shelling percentage as compared to medium, ungraded, small and shrivelled seed. The cultivars also differed significantly and the yield per hectare was higher with JL-24 (1671kg) compared to TPT-4 (1383Kg).