Physical and Economic Optimum of Response Model for NPK Application in Irrigated Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
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Author:P. Veeramani and K. Subrahmaniyan
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:99, Issue:jul-sep
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100131
Abstract
Field experiments were conducted to work out the physical and economic optimum of NPK
fertilizers required for groundnut by using empirical model. The experiment was conducted
in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with different NPK levels viz., Control, 25 % Recommended
Dose of Fertilizers (RDF) (4:9:14 kg NPK ha-1 ), 50 % RDF (9:17:27 kg NPK ha-1 ), 75 % RDF (13:26:41 kg
NPK ha-1 ), 100 % RDF (17:34:54 kg NPK ha-1
), 125 % RDF (21:43:68 kg NPK ha-1
), 150 % RDF (26:51:81
kg NPK ha -1 ), 175 % RDF (30:60:95 kg NPK ha-1 ) and 200 % RDF (34:68:108 kg NPK ha -1 ). The
experiments were conducted during rabi 2006-’07 and kharif 2007. The results revealed that
among the different levels of NPK studied, application of 175 per cent recommended dose of
fertilizers (30:60:95 kg NPK ha -1 ) registered significantly higher growth characters, yield
parameters, yield and economic returns. The response model worked for different levels of
NPK during rabi 2006-07 and kharif 2007 seasons indicated that the physical optimum levels
for groundnut was 33.9 kg N, 67.5 kg P2
O5 and 107.3 kg K2 O ha-1 , whereas the economic optimum
was worked out to be 33.7 kg N, 65.8 kg P 2
O 5 and 105.5 kg K 2 O ha -1 .
Key words : Response model, groundnut, NPK