Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 32, No 3 (2019)

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Impact of soil health card recommendation on groundnut and greengram productivity in Amminabhavi hobli of Dharwad taluka

KARTEEKAANANT AHEGDE, S. S. GUNDLUR

Abstract


An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of soil health card recommendation on groundnut andgreengram productivity in  Amminbhavi hobli of Dharwad taluk duringkharif 2018. The soil samples collected from twofarmers each growing groundnut and greengram from every selected villages (No. of villages: 15) coming under  Amminabhavihobli of Dharwad taluk were analysed and generated soil health cards (SHC). The SHC recommendations were imposed on15 farmers each growing groundnut and greengram and rest of the farmers were made to follow their (farmers) own practices.Between these farmers, comparison was made in terms of yield and quality. Initial soil analysis indicated that, soils werealkaline in pH, low to medium in available nitrogen and phosphorus, medium to high in available potassium and sulphur andmost of the soils were deficient in zinc and iron, sufficient in copper and manganese. The pod yield, haulm yield, oil content,crude protein content (2603 kg ha-1, 3504 kg ha-1, 46.25 %, 21.95 %, respectively) of groundnut and seed yield, haulm yield,crude protein content (1238 kg ha-1, 4168 kg ha-1, 22.65 %, respectively) of greengram were significantly higher in SHCadopted farmers.Key words: Greengram, Groundnut, Soil health card

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