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Narayani groundnut

Narayani is a Spanish-bunch groundnut variety released by ANGRAU and notified for cultivation in the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka groundnut belt. It is one of the routine breeder-seed varieties produced at RARS Kadiri each season, and is recommended for both rainfed kharif and the rabi-summer irrigated tract of Rayalaseema and southern Telangana.

Key characteristics

  • Breeder: ANGRAU, RARS Kadiri
  • Type: Spanish bunch
  • Duration: 105-110 days (kharif), 115-125 days (rabi-summer)
  • Pod yield: 20-25 q/ha under irrigation; 14-18 q/ha rainfed
  • Shelling: 68-72%
  • Reaction: tolerant to leaf spot and field-tolerant to drought

Cultivation zones

Narayani is included in the ANGRAU breeder-seed list alongside K-6, K-9, Kadiri Lepakshi, Dharani, Kadiri Harithandhra and Kadiri Amaravati. It is widely sown by farmers in Anantapuramu, Sri Sathya Sai, Annamayya, YSR Kadapa, Chittoor and Kurnool districts; under summer irrigation it is also grown in Nandyal, Prakasam and the Krishna delta tail-ends. The variety is preferred where farmers want a longer crop with bolder pods than K-6.

Pests, diseases and management

Narayani shows moderate field tolerance to early and late leaf spot (Tikka) but needs protective sprays in heavy-disease years - mancozeb 0.25% or carbendazim 0.1% at 30 and 45 DAS, switching to tebuconazole+trifloxystrobin where late leaf spot pressure is high. Sucking pests (jassid, thrips, aphid) follow the standard groundnut advisory: imidacloprid 17.8 SL 0.3 ml/L or dimethoate 30 EC 0.03% need-based. The variety is moderately susceptible to stem rot (Sclerotium rolfsii) under continuous monocropping - Trichoderma seed treatment (8 g/kg) and gypsum at peg initiation are recommended.

Usage and adoption

In rabi-summer irrigated trials at ANGRAU stations, Narayani consistently yields above 20 q/ha pods, making it one of the standard recommendations for the Tungabhadra and Kurnool irrigated tract. Farmer-level seed rate is 100-125 kg/ha kernels at 30 x 10 cm spacing; fertiliser dose 20:40:50 kg NPK/ha plus 500 kg/ha gypsum at flowering. Because it is a slightly longer-duration type, Narayani is best avoided where the kharif rains are likely to stop by mid-September - K-9 or K-6 is safer in such years.

See also: Groundnut Crop, Kadiri 6 Groundnut, Dharani Groundnut, Kadiri Lepakshi 1812, Tikka Leaf Spot Groundnut.

Sources

  1. Groundnut variety list - ANGRAU. ANGRAU.
  2. Compendium of Notified Groundnut Varieties of India. ICAR-DGR Junagadh.