Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the important economic crops world. It world’s fourth most source edible oil and third vegetable protein. A study was conducted at Department Seed Science Technology, B. A. College Agriculture, AAU, Anand, to investigate morphological molecular characterization in different Arachis spp. The experiment laid out randomized complete block design with two r...

We conducted an experiment in Niger to evaluate the performance of hermetic triple layer (Purdue Improved Crop Storage- PICS) bags for the preservation of shelled and unshelled groundnut Arachis hypogaea L. Naturally-infested groundnut was stored in PICS bags and woven bags for 6.7 months. After storage, the average oxygen level in the PICS bags fell from 21% to 18% (v/v) and 21%-15% (v/v) for ...

A field experiment was conducted to study the integrated weed management in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) for consecutive three kharif seasons in 2010, 2011 and 2012 at Breeder Seed Production Farm of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar with 7 weed management treatments in four replications. Weed free check (two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS and manually uprooting of ...

The groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is one of the important food legume crops of tropical and subtropical parts of the world. It is the world’s most popular oilseed crop cultivated in more than 100 countries in all the six continents. Groundnut kernel contains above 40% edible oil, around 25% protein and 18% carbohydrates along with minerals and vitamins. Groundnut oil is free from cholesterol ...