International Journal of Agronomy

Research Article

Zinc Sulphate and Boron-Based Foliar Fertilizer Effect on Growth, Yield, Minerals, and Heavy Metal Composition of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) Grown on an Alfisol

Table 4

Effects of zinc and boron fertilizers on pod and seed yield of groundnut (pooled data of 2016 and 2017 cropping seasons).


Treatments	Number of pods/plant	Pod weight/plant (g)	Pod yield (kg/ha)	Number of seeds/plot	Seed weight/plot (g)	Seed yield (kg ha⁻¹)

ZnSO₄ kg·ha⁻¹
0	26.10c	37.73c	3018.4c	40.18b	28.47b	2357.6b
4	27.87b	42.31b	3384.8b	43.35a	31.10a	2508.2b
8	29.40a	44.91a	3592.8a	45.46a	33.16a	2672.8a

Boron (ml·ha⁻¹)
0	22.39c	36.24c	2899.2c	35.11c	26.46c	2116.8c
300	26.63b	40.02b	3201.6b	40.99b	28.44b	2275.2b
600	30.09a	44.22a	3537.6a	47.40a	33.12a	2669.6a
900	32.05a	46.11a	3688.0a	48.16a	35.29a	2823.7a

Interaction
Zn
B
ZnB

Means in a column under any given treatment followed by the same letters do not differ significantly at 0.05 level of probability using the Duncan multiple range test (DMRT). Significant at 0.05 level of probability.