Performance of some ICRISAT early maturing groundnut varieties in Bangladesh
1989
Alam, M.S. | Talukder, M.Z.I. | Rahman, M.H.
Twenty four early maturing group of groundnut varieties received from International Crop Research Institute for the sami Arid Tropics (Icrisat), India were evaluated for their performance at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Jamalpur during the 'rabi' 1987-88 season. Some of the exotic materials responded markedly in Bangladesh condition. The varieties differed significantly in all of the characters and the highest nut yield (3208 kg/ha) was produced by the variety ICG (E)-56 (27% higher over the check variety Dhaka-1) followed by ICG (E)-56 (3157 kg/ha) and Rebut 33-1 (3146 kg/ha). The highest number of nuts per plant (38) was also observed in ICG (E)-55. The varieties chico and ICG (E)-122 were the earliest (129 days) in maturity; while ICG (E)-55, ICG (E)-90, 91176, JL-24 and Rebut 33-1 took maximum period (148 days) to attain physological maturity.
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