DETERMINATION OF SOME AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME PEANUT GENOTYPES USED IN THE BREEDING PROCESS

Abstract

This study was conducted in the experimental field cultivated with peanuts at Research and Development Station for Plant Culture on Sands Dabuleni during the period 2023-2024. The objective of this study was to determine some agronomic characteristics of some peanut genotypes used in the breeding process. In this study, five indigenous peanut genotypes and six foreign genotypes were used as plant material, arranged in randomized blocks with three replications. According to the average results over two years, the number of pods per plant of the peanut genotypes varied between 26.4-35.5 pods per plant, the weight of the pods per plant between 57.8-88.2 g per plant, the weight of 1000 grains between 657.5-951.5 g, the peeling percentage between 63-67.3 %, and the average pod production between 2539-5828 kg/ha.