COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF GROUND NUT (Arachis hypogea L) YIELD TO DIFFERENT ROW SPACING IN BICHI AND TSANYAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KANO STATE NIGERIA
Abdulwahab Ismail Harbau & Halliru Sanusi
Abstract
Abstract The research was conducted at two different research locations Tsanyawa Local Government, Agriculture and Natural Resources Department Research and extension Farm Harbau (Latitude 12° 18' 0"N, and Longitude 7° 59' 0"E) (www.maplandia.com/nigeria/kano, and (Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi Agriculture Education Research farm, Latitude (12°23’42’’N) and Longitude (8°24’04’’E) (www.maplandia.com/nigeria/kano, during the 2021 rainy season, with a view to determine the response of different varieties of Ground nut (Arachis hypogea L.) to different row spacing and arrangements so as to equip and enlighten farmers with technical knowledge on the best row spacing and arrangements to be adopted by farmers on the Sudan savanna agro-ecology. Three row spacing of 40cm, 50cm, and 60cm, and four varieties of Ground nut (Arachis hypogea L.) RRB, RRR, Ex-Dakar, and SAMNUT 24 were investigated, data and records were taken on days to 50% flowering, 90% maturity, plant height (canopy height), leaf area index (LAI), leaf and stem weight, harvest index (HI), grain weight, pod weight and fodder weight. Significant differences were recorded among the varieties tested where SAMNUT-24 and Ex-Dakar had a superior growth and yield parameters. The interaction between row spacing of 50cm yielded better on all the four varieties. This research results showed that row spacing had no significant effects on two parameters. The research and recommends that varieties SAMNUT-24 and Ex-Dakar, and row spacing of 50cm could be adopted by groundnut farmers in the Sudan Savanna agro-ecology for good crop and better yield, high income as well as fodder yield for feeding livestock.