Effect of Organic Manure and Bio Fertilizer on Growth and Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.)

A field experiment was conducted during the Kharif season of 2024 at Crop Research Farm Department of Agronomy, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences. The present study determines the Effect of organic Manure and Bio Fertilizer on Growth and Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.). The treatment consisted of Farmyard Manure – 4 t/ha, Vermicompost – 2 t/ha and Poultry manure – 0.66 t/ha respectively and Rhizobium- 20 g/kg seeds, VAM- 25 g/kg seeds and PSB- 15 g/kg seeds, The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with 09 treatments and replicated thrice. The result revealed that application of (Poultry manure – 0.66 t/ha+ PSB- 15 g/kg seeds) (treatment 9) recorded significantly higher plant height (44.28 cm), maximum number of nodules/plant (47.73), higher plant dry weight (33.78 g), maximum number of pod/plant (27.33), higher number of kernels/pod (2.87), higher seed index (40.88 g), higher seed yield (2.57 t/ha) and higher haulm yield (4.62 t/ha).