STUDIES REGARDING THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME CHINESE PEANUT VARIETIES GROWN ON SANDY SOILS FROM SOUTHERN OLTENIA.

Peanut culture can be considered as one of the most advantageous and cost-effective crops, taking into account the production results that can be obtained and the many fields of use of the obtained harvest. In our country, given the importance of peanuts in human nutrition and in some compartments of the industry, cultivated areas with peanuts should be on the increase. The growing demands on the variety of products that can be obtained from this plant and their quality will in the near future contribute to the expansion of the areas to be cultivated with this plant within the limits of a profitable economic efficiency. From the assortment of Chinese varieties, the highest yields of pods were recorded in the Origin China 2 (3690 kg / ha) with a yield of 657 kg / ha compared to the control variety, in the Ning variety with 3571 kg / ha, in the variety Origin China 1, with 3238 kg / ha. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]