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The Effects of Elemental Sulphur on Shoot Dry Weight, Nodulation and Pod Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) under Irrigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Tageldin M. Hago  and
M. A. Salama
Tageldin M. Hago
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, PO Box 32, Shambat, Sudan
M. A. Salama
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, PO Box 32, Shambat, Sudan
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Summary

Field experiments were carried out to study the effects of elemental sulphur on irrigated groundnut. The sulphur was applied at rates of 50, 100 or 150 kg ha−1, either at sowing, at flowering or in two equal splits at sowing and flowering. Shoot dry weight, total sulphur content of leaves, nodule number per plant and pod yield were all significantly increased by sulphur treatment, but nodule dry weight was unaffected. The greatest response lay at or below 50 kg ha−1 applied at sowing. There were no further increases in response above this level.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 93 - 97
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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