Effect of Seed Fungicide Treatment, Microelement Fertilizer and Mepiquat Chloride Applications on Yield and Yield Components of Peanut

Abstract

Seed treatment against soil pests and soil-borne pathogenic fungi, foliar application of microelement and mepiquat chloride at flowering and after flowering periods promise to increase peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) yield. A two-year field study was conducted to test this hypothesis by seed fungicide and insecticide treatment, foliar micronutrient and mepiquat chloride (Pix) applications at different combinations and different growth stages of peanut in the eastern Mediterranean region. The treatments were different combinations of Vitavax (200 g/L Carboxin + 200 g/L Thiram) 400 g/L 100 kg seed, Gaucho (600 g/L Imidacloprid) 800 g/L 100 kg seed, Fertilon Combi (Fe, Zn, B, Mn, Cu, Mn and Mo) 1000 g /ha and Pix (150 cc /ha mepiquat chloride). Peanut seeds were treated with fungicide and insecticide before planting. Microelement fertilizer and Pix combinations were applied at the beginning of flowering, after flowering and at the beginning of flowering + after flowering. The best results for seed kernel ratio, 100 seed weight and pod yield were obtained from Pix + Fertilon Combin treatment after flowering. This treatment was followed by Goucho + Vitavax seed treatment before planting + Pix application after flowering. In this study, it was observed that Goucho + Vitavax seed treatment and Pix, Fertilon Combi and Pix + Fertilon Combi applications at flowering, after flowering and at flowering + after flowering applications generally contributed pod yield increases.

Keywords

• Foliar fertilization
• mepiquat chloride
• peanut
• pod yield
• seed treatment

Thanks

The authors wish to thank all the management and employees of Çukurova Agricultural Research Institute, which was known as the former, for their help during the years of the experiment.

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