International Journal of Environment and Climate Change

The experiment was conducted in the Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh during the Zaid season of 2022 and 2023. In the experiment, five integrated nutrient management practices were tested- F₁: 100% RDF, F₂: 75% RDF + 2.5 ton/ha Press mud, F₃: 75% RDF + 2.5 ton FYM/ha, F₄: 50% RDF + 5 ton/ha Press mud + 5 kg Borax/ha, and F₅: 50% RDF + 5 ton FYM/ha + 5 kg Borax/ha. Three moisture conservation options were also tested- M₁: Farmer practices, M₂: Dust mulching, and M₃: Imazathapyr @ 1l/ha + Dust mulching to evaluate the Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management and moisture Conservation practice on Groundnut production (Arachis hypogaea L.). The result showed that INM protocol F₄ - 50% RDF + 5 t press mud/ha + 5 kg Borex/ha, Pooled data reveals that plant height (43.07 cm), fresh weight (96.95 g), dry weight (26.06 g), no. of pod/plant (36.45), 100 test weight (46.20 g), protein content (29.89 %) and oil content (43.89%) of groundnut were recorded as significantly higher to comparing other Integrated Nutrient Management practices. However, Moisture practices M₃ - M3-Imazathapyr @ 1L ha + Dust mulching, Pooled data reveals that plant height (42.28 cm), fresh weight (90.78 g), dry weight (25.07 g), no. of pod/plant (33.96), 100 test weight (43.16 g), protein content (28.59 %) and oil content (42.53%) of groundnut was recorded significantly higher values compared to other moisture practices.