S. M. Imran
Department of Environmental science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
M.A. Sattar
Department of Environmental science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
M.R. Islam
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
M.M.A.Hossain
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
M.S. Alam
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
Organic fertilizer, Inorganic fertilizer, Growth, Yield, Mukhi kachu.
Field Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
Crop-Soil-Water Management
The experiment was carried out at the department of Environmental Science Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from February to October, 2009. The experiment was conducted following the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The experimental plot was divided into three blocks, each of which was then divided into 6 unit plots. The treatments were assigned randomly to the unit plots of each block. The size of a unit plot was 2.5m x 2m. Two adjacent unit plots and blocks were separated by 50cm and 1m spaces, respectively. The study consists of six treatments viz. T0: control (No fertilizer and manures), T1: Urea, TSP and MOP @ 62.5,62.5 and 50 kg/ha, T2: Urea, TSP, MOP and Gypsum @ 125, 125, 100 30 kg/ha, T3: Urea, TSP, MOP and ZnSO4 @ 62.5,62.5, 50 and 25 kg/ha, T4: Urea, TSP, MOP and Borax @ 62.5,62.5, 50 and 25 kg/ha, T5: Urea, TSP and MOP @ 62.5, 62.5 and 50 kg/ha respectively, and Compost @ 15 t/ha. Intercultural operations such as irrigation, weeding, gap filling, drainage, earthing up and plant protection measures were done as and when necessary. The crop was harvested on 2 November 2009 after 253 days of planting when the leaves of all the main plants were dead. Data were collected on different yield contributing characters and yield of Mukhi Kachu. The plants of outer two rows and the extreme ends of the middle rows were excluded to avoid the border effect. Ten plants were selected from each plot to record data on plant height (cm), number of sucker per hill, length of leaf blade (cm), breadth of leaf blade (cm), weight of main corm (g), dry weight of main corm (g), yield of main corm (t/ha) , number of cormels per hill, weight of cormel (g), dry weight of cormels (g), Yield of cormels (t/ha). The mean differences among the treatments were tested with Duncan’s Multiple Range Test.
J. Agrofor. Environ. 4 (2): 53-56, 2010; ISSN 1995-6983
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