Rainfed
Seed treatment
- In dormant cultivars, break the seed dormancy by soaking the seeds in equal volume of 200 ppm ethrel for 1 h.
- Harden the groundnut seeds by soaking the seeds in 0.5 % CaCl2 (50 % seed volume) for 6 h (OR)
- Coat the seeds with TNAU Vidhai Amirtham @ 11 ml / kg of seeds.
- Treat the seeds with Carbendazim @ 2g/kg of seeds
- Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg seeds (or)
- Seed treatment will protect the young seedlings from root-rot and collar rot infection
- Carrier Based Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 1 kg each of biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium, and Phosphobacteria, using rice gruel, shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing.
- Liquid Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 125 ml of each biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium, and Phosphobacteria, shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing.
  Liquid Biofertilizers Biofertilizers Seed Treatment
Soil application:
- Carrier Based Formulation: Two kgs each biofertilizersviz., Rhizobium, and Phosphobacteria with 25 kg of FYM and 25 kg of sand and broad cast uniformly at the time of last ploughing
- Liquid Formulation: 500 ml each of biofertilizers viz., Rhizobium, and Phosphobacteria with 25kg of FYM and 25kg of sand and broad cast uniformly at the time of last ploughing
- PPFM spray: Foliar spray @ 500 ml/ha of PPFM (Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph) is recommended on 35 and 70 days after sowing.
Sowing
SEED RATE
- Varieties: 120 kg/ha of kernels
Bold seeded varieties:175 kg/ha of kernels
SPACING
- Adopt 30 cm x 10 cm
- If bud necrosis is prevalent, adopt 15 cm x 15 cm
SOWING
- Use Kovai seed drill to sow one seed/hill
- Protect the seeds from crows and squirrels
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