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TMV 7 - A New Bunch Groundnut Strain.

Volume : 57
Issue: Apr-apr
Pages: 234 - 238
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Abstract


Single plant selections were made in a bunch variety."Tenessee White"from U.S.A.with good pod set.- kernel size and seed dormancy as criteria and was Compared with TMV2.Data were collected on flowering duration.flower production and fertility.The time interval between flower initiation and cesstion was reckoned by Bartlett's index.Yield of pods and kernals was assessed in preliminary yield trials.comparative yield trials and scattered block trials.Dormancy was evaluated from 12 observations and expressed as percentage by weight of sprouted pods over total pod weight per plot.The material was subjected to quality test.Oil content was estimated by Soxhlet method.General observations on susceptibility to pests and dseases were also made.

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234 - 238
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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