Yield Performance of Groundnut Varieties as Affected by Sowing Dates in Lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to study “Yield performance of groundnut varieties as affected by sowing dates in lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during kharif 2014 taking two promising varieties and different sowing dates. Results revealed that the number of pods plant ^-1, pod yield, Plant height days to maturity had significantly varied due to variation in dates of sowing. The maximum number of pods plant^-1 and pod yield, plant height obtained when the crop was sown on 20th April. The study suggests that in Malakand division climate it is better to sow the groundnut crop within the first week of April.

Keywords: Groundnut, sowing dates, mat, pod yield.