Organoleptic Assessment of Groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) as Influenced by Boron and Artificial Lightening at Night

摘要

Investigation was conducted on boron deficient soil to evaluate the response of two groundnutcultivars (BARI Chinabadam-8 and Dhaka-1) to application of three boron’s (B) rate (at 0, 1 and 2 Kg ha 1) and2 levels of artificial lightening (Light and No-light) on protein, oil and vitamin E contents of groundnut seeds.Results exhibited that 2 kg B ha 1 increased all studied qualitative characters viz., protein, oil and vitamin Econtents of groundnut seeds. Application of B also increased the 100 seed weight. In case of artificiallightening, it gave the highest results in respects of protein, oil and vitamin E contents, but decreases the 100seed weight of groundnut. Improved variety i.e., BARI Chinabadam-8 always gave the best results over thelocal variety, Dhaka-1 (Maijchaur Badam).