Abstract

                                Three habit groups of groundnut comprising six varieties in bunch, three in each of semi-spreading and spreading were incorporated into the investigations, A wide diff. erence in pod yield was noticed among the habits and in particular among the varieties within the bunch group due to high heterogeneity. The dependence of yield on Harvest Index was also clearly manifested among the habits. The quality characteristics such as shelling percentage and 100-kernel weight also showed a clear difference among the habits and varieties within the habit and they showed high values in the order of bunch, samispreading and spreading respectively. An inverse relationship was noticed bet- ween oil and protein and where deviations occur they are cocerned with varieites like TMV 9 with supra optimal oil content and TMV 6 with sub-optimal oil.content.

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