UTILISATION OF COIR PITH AS MANURE FOR GROUNDNUT

R. NAGARAJAN; T. S. MANICKAM; G. V. KOTHANDARAMAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02298

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UTILISATION OF COIR PITH AS MANURE FOR GROUNDNUT

Author: R. NAGARAJAN, T. S. MANICKAM, G. V. KOTHANDARAMAN,

p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 73, Issue: aug-aug,

DOI:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A02298

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Abstract

A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the usefulness of Coir Pith (a waste from the coconut husk in coir fibre industry) as manure for groundnut crop in sandy loam soils of Agricultural Research Station, Allarnagar. Groundnut. CO 1, was sown with 12 treatments consisting of, absolute control, and NPK alone and in combination with raw coir pith and coir pith inoculated with Pleurotus sp, a fungs, at 12.5 t/ha. The results revealed a significant increase in groundnut pod yield to the combined application of the inoculated coir pith and NPK.

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