Biochemical Analysis of Groundnut VRI –2 (Arachis Hypogaea) Cultivated Under  the Influence of Different Coir Compost  Mixture

R. Suresh Kumar; P. Ganesh

Volume : II, Issue : III, March - 2013

Biochemical Analysis of Groundnut VRI –2 (Arachis Hypogaea) Cultivated Under the Influence of Different Coir Compost Mixture

R. Suresh Kumar, P. Ganesh

Abstract :

Coir pith is an agro industrial by product, which is considered as a waste in the coir factory of India. Naturally coir pith is rich in potash but low in nitrogen and phosphorus. But it was proven that coir pith can be used in field application as biocompost due to rich source of nutrients when composted properly. In the present study, various combination of coir pith compost were applied to the groundnut crop and examined particularly its biochemical parameters. Among the treatments, T6 showed promising results of superior values obtained from various biochemical parameters viz., chlorophyll, carbohydrate, starch, amino acid and protein content than other treatments and over the control. Hence, organic manure like coir pith compost proved as effective biofertilizer in groundnut crop VRI–2