The field experiment was carried out at Regional Research and Technology
Transfer Station (OUAT), Mahisapat of Dhenkanal district during kharif season of 2014 and
2015 to study the “Effect of different sources and doses of Sulphur and Boron application on
Yield, nutrient content and nutrient uptake of Groundnut under Mid Central Table Land zone
of Odisha”. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications
comprising of seven treatments T1 - Soil Test Based Fertilizer Recommendation (STBFR), T2
- STBFR + Sulphur @ 20kg /ha from Gypsum Source, T3 – STBFR + Sulphur @ 40kg /ha
from Gypsum Source, T4 - STBFR + Sulphur @ 20kg /ha from Gypsum Source + spraying
of Borax @ 0.3% twice before and after flowering, T5 - STBFR + Sulphur @ 20kg /ha from
Bentonite Sulphur Source, T6 - STBFR + Sulphur @ 40kg /ha from Bentonite Sulphur
Source, T7 - STBFR + Sulphur @ 20kg /ha from Bentonite Sulphur Source + Spraying of
Borax @ 0.3% twice before and after flowering. It was revealed that T7 recorded
significantly higher pod yield (17.14 q ha-1), 100 kernel weight (38.93 g) and shelling percent
(66.00) followed by T4 with pod yield (15.80 q ha-1), 100 kernel weight (37.60 g) and shelling
percent (65.10). T7 was superior over T1 with the yield advantage of 24.2 % and B: C (2.10).
The Concentration of nutrient N, P, K, S and B in the harvested pod was also found highest in
T7 i.e. 4.34 %, 0.70% , 0.88 %, 0.39% and 17.77 mgkg-1 followed by T4 having concentration
of 4.26% ,0.66 % , 0.83 %, 0.35% and 17.23 mgkg-1 respectively. The same treatment T7 also
recorded higher uptake of N, P ,K, S and B in pod with 79.47, 9.20 ,19.83,6.23 kg ha-1 and
31.43 g ha-1 respectively.