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Effects of Trichoderma Spp. on Growth and Yield Characters of BARI Tomato-14

A.F.M. Jamal Uddin
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

H. Ahmad
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

M.R. Hasan
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

S. Mahbuba
Department of Agricultural Botany, Sher-e-bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

M.Z.K. Roni
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The experiment was carried out in Department of Hortiuclutre, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during mid-January 2015 to end April 2015, to evaluate the performance of Trichoderma spp. on growth and yield of BARI tomato-14. Four Trichoderma treatments were performed, for instance, T₀, 0 Control; T₁, 100 g/m²; T₂, 200 g/m² and T₃, 300 g/m² in Randomized Completely Blocked Design (RCBD) with three replications. All characters of tomato plant showed significant variation among Trichoderma treatments. However, a higher percentage of survival observed in 100 g/m² and lower was controlled. On the other hand, chlorophyll percentage was maximum for T₂ (69.4%) and minimum (43.2%) was in control (T₀). Moreover, highest yield/plant (3.0 Kg) obtained for 100 g/m² treatments of Trichoderma and lowest (1.4 Kg) was for control.

Keywords: Survival percentage, Chlorophyll percentage, Trichoderma,

Location: Department of Hortiuclutre, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka

Start Date: 00-01-2015

End Date: 00-04-2015

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Tomato, Bio fertilizer

Objectives:

To find out the appropriate dose of Trichoderma spp. for the production of the tomato plant growth, yield, and quality.

Methodology:

The experiment was conducted in the experimental field of Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh, during the mid-winter period from January 2015 to April 2015 to study on the influence of Trichoderma spp. of the growth, yield and quality of BARI Tomato 14 (Solanum lycopersicum). The study arranged in four treatments Trichoderma spp. viz. T₀, 0 Control; T₁, 100 g/m²; T₂, 200 g/m² and T₃, 300 g/m² in Randomized Completely Blocked Design (RCBD) with three replications. Plenty of sunshine and moderately low temperature prevails during October to March (Rabi season), which is suitable for tomato growing in Bangladesh (BARI, 2011 and Ahammad et al., 2009). The soil was prepared using NPK inorganic fertilizers with 1:1:1 ratio and it was applied before in plowing time. After that, compost & well-rotted cowdung and NPK were used in 16 beds with four treatments and thoroughly mixed with soil. Soil pH ranged from 6.0- 6.6. Beds were filled up 7 days before Trichoderma spp. used. After 5 days were used Trichoderma spp. in per bed recommended treatment below and covered with polyethylene 20 days for cloning Trichoderma spp. where selected the treatment beds are randomly. The soil was well prepared for each bed and the experimental bed was determined in 1.6 m² with each replication. All Trichoderma spp was collected from Krishibid Nursery, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 64 seedlings for transplanting in 16 beds, each bed have 4 seedlings transplanted in such a way that bed plans do not go another bed. Data were collected in respect of following parameters, for example, number of leaves and branches, plant height, days to first flower bud initiation (visual observation), days to first flowering, days to first fruit set, days to first fruit harvest, number of flowers /plant, number of fruits /plant, fruit weight, total fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter. Chlorophyll percentage was measured by SPAD (Manitoba, Japan) with non devastating method. Collected data were statistically analyzed using MSTAT-C computer package programmed. The mean for every treatment was calculated and analysis of variance for each one of characters was performed by F–test (Variance Ratio). The difference between treatments was assessed by Least Significant Difference (LSD) test at 5% level of significance (Gomez and Gomez, 1984).

Source of Information: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Page: 117-122, January-March 2016 ISSN: 2309-7892,

Article Link (Online Journal): http://www.ijbssr.com/currentissueview/14013137

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Achievement/Findings:

In conclusion, it was found that Trichoderma spp. as a bio-fertilizer for reducing tomato disease, increase tomato root zone and nutrients availability and absorbed that Trichoderma spp. were influenced on growth, yield, and quality of tomato. Among four treatments showed the significant variation and the maximum survival percentage of plants were for T₁(87.1) and the minimum was T₀(57.9). The minimum weight of total fruit yield per plant was recorded 1.4Kg in the T₀and maximum 3.0 Kg recorded in T₁ plots which were higher than others treatments.

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