scholarly journals Effect of mulching method and planting time on the yield and yield attributes of tomato in hill slope

1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
ZA Firoz ◽  
MM Zaman ◽  
MS Uddin ◽  
MH Akand

An experiment was conducted at the Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari from September 2002 to February 2003 to find out the effect of mulching method (Mulching one month before planting, mulching just after planting and no mulching) and planting times (01 October, 16 October and 01 November) on the yield and yield attributes of tomato in hill slope. The highest yield (21.43 t/ha) was obtained from plant where mulch was given one month before planting. Among three planting times, the highest yield (15.27 t/ha) was obtained from 01 October planting. In case of combined effect, mulching one month before planting with 01 October planting produced the highest yield (28.06 t/ha) of tomato in hill slope. Key Words: Mulching; planting time; tomato yield; hill slope.  DOI: 10.3329/bjar.v34i2.5793Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 34(2): 227-232, June 2009

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
ZA Firoz ◽  
MA Islam ◽  
M Mohiuddin ◽  
MM Rahman

An experiment was conducted at the Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari from May to November 2004 to find out the effect of planting time (1st week of June, July, August and September) and plant spacing (60 × 30 cm, 60 × 40 cm and 60 × 50 cm) on the yield and yield components of okra in hill slope condition during rainy season. The highest yield (12.53 t/ha) was obtained by the planting in July which was at par with June (11.69 t/ha). In case of plant spacing, the highest yield (9.02 t/ha) was recorded from close spacing at 60 x 30 cm that was statistically different from other two spacing and the widest spacing of 60 x 50 cm produced the lowest yield (8.06 t/ha). The treatment combination July sowing with 60 x 30 cm plant spacing produced significantly highest yield (12.86 t/ha).DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v18i2.18161 Progress. Agric. 18(2): 67 - 73, 2007


1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
ZA Firoz ◽  
MH Rashid ◽  
MS Huda

An experiment was conducted at the Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari from May 2002 to November 2004 to find out the effect of alley size (3.0 , 4.0, and 5.0 m) and hedgerow pruning interval (1, 2, and 3 months) on phenology and fruit yield of okra in hill slope condition during the rainy season. The highest fruit yield (16.14 t/ha) was produced by the plants grown in 3.0 m size alley. In case of hedgerow pruning interval, the highest yield (16.07 t/ha was recorded from 2 months pruning interval and it was significantly different with other two pruning intervals. The treatment combination of 3.0 m size alley with I month pruning interval produced significantly highest yield (17.67 t/ha). The highest gross return (Tk.176700/ha), net return (Tk.120380/ha) and BCR (3.14) were also found from the same treatment though highest cost of production was involved in this treatment.   Key words: Alley size; pruning interval; phenology; okra yield; cost benefit. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v36i1.9238 BJAR 2011; 36(1): 143-150


1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-230
Author(s):  
M Ahmed ◽  
SN Mozumder ◽  
ZA Firoz ◽  
SM Faisal

The study was conducted at the Hill Tracts Agricultural Research Station, Ramgarh during two years in 2007 and 2008 to evaluate the variability and performance of selected 11 velvet apple germplasm. A lot of variations in different parameters were observed among the trees. The age of plant varied from 7 to 25 years having tree volume 58 m3 to 428 m3. The number of fruits ranged from 42 to 674 per plant with single fruit weight 118 to 283 g. The length and diameter ranged from 6.63cm to 7.7cm and 5.73cm to 8.3cm, respectively. The maximum edible portion (68.3%) was recorded in DD RAM 011, while it was the lowest (47.6%) in DD RAM 001. The highest TSS% ranged from 7.28% to 14.9%. Highest yield per plant (103.67 kg) was observed in DD RAM 001 and it was lowest in DD RAM 008 (5.99 kg). All the parameters showed poor correlation among them. Considering the factors of weight and size, edible portion %, TSS %, taste, sweetness, and yield per plant, the line DD RAM 011 was found better than others. Keywords: Variability; performance; velvet apple; hilly areas DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v36i2.9248 BJAR 2011; 36(2): 223-230


Author(s):  
K. Lokesh ◽  
. Basavegowda ◽  
Mallikarjun Reddy ◽  
. Siddaram ◽  
P. D. Suhas ◽  
...  

Aim: To identify the best planting time for obtaining higher seed yield and quality of Soybean in off season. Study Design: Randomized completely block design (RCBD) Place and Duration of Study: Agricultural Research Station, Halladkere, Bidar, Karnataka between 2016 and 2017. Methodology: A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Halladkere, Bidar to find out the best off season planting time for quality seed production of Soybean. The certified seeds of soybean varieties, JS-335 and Dsb-21 were sown with recommended package of practices at appropriate field condition from November to February at every fortnight with a spacing of 30 cm X 10 cm. The quality parameters related to seed were carried out in the laboratory of seed science department. Further, soybean seeds were treated with fungicide (carbendazim 25% + mancozeb 75%) at the rate of 3 gram per kg of seeds. Results: From the present investigation, it was observed that among the different sowing dates, soybean varieties (JS 335 and DSb 21) sown during 1st fortnight of November recorded significantly higher plant growth parameters as well as seed yield followed by 2nd fortnight of November during off season. Further, climatic factors like rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature and relative humidity played a major role in the off season to produce higher seed yield and quality of Soybean. Conclusion: Among various sowing dates, November 1st Fortnight sowing resulted in highest seed yield with better seed quality in both cultivars (JS-335 and Dsb-21) of soybean.


1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZA Firoz

An experiment was conducted at the Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari from June to November 2004 to find out the effect of nitrogen (60, 80, 100 and 120 kg/ha) and phosphorus (80, 100 and 120 kg/ha) on the growth and yield of okra in hill slope condition during rainy season. The highest yield (16.73 t/ha) was obtained from 100 kg N/ha, which was statistically identical to 120 kg per hectare. In case of phosphorus, the highest yield of 15.77 t/ha was obtained from 120 kg P2O5/ha and was closely followed by the dose of 100 kg P/ha (4.73 t/ha). Considering the treatment combinations, the highest yield (19.22 t/ha) was produced by N100P120 and there were no significant variations among N100P100, N120P100 and N120P120. The highest gross return (Tk.193200) and net return (Tk.146l40) were obtained from N100P120. The BCR was also higher (4.08) under the same treatment combination. Key Words: Nitrogen; phosphorus; okra growth; okra yield. DOI: 10.3329/bjar.v34i4.5846Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 34(4) : 713-722, December 2009


1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
SM Faisal ◽  
MA Salam ◽  
MS Islam ◽  
MI Hossain

An investigation was carried out at Agricultural Research Station, Pahartali, Chittagong during February to August 2002 to select suitable size of planting material and proper time of earthing-up to obtain higher yield of Mukhi Kachu. Three planting materials, primary corm (40g), half cut corm (20g), and secondary corm (10g) and four times of earthing-up, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, and 4 months after planting were used. Different planting materials showed significant difference on weight of total corms/plot, weight of total cormels/plot and cormel yield. Different times of earthing-up showed significant effects on the parameters studied except no. of cormels/hill and weight of cormels/hill. The highest (3.71 t/ha) corm yield was obtained when primary corms were planted and earthing-up was done three months after planting. The combination of P1E ( primary corm x 3 months after planting) gave the highest (8.37 t/ha) cormel yield. Key Words: Mukhi Kachu; corm; cormel; planting material; earthing-up.  DOI: 10.3329/bjar.v34i2.5798Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 34(2): 263-267, June 2009


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
R Chitra, P Hemalatha

The initial growth of turmeric is rather slow and takes about 4-5 months to cover the inter space. Therefore, the available space between the rows of turmeric could be effectively utilized by growing short duration crops like, vegetables, cereals etc. Hence, it is worthwhile to explore the possibilities of growing compatible crops with turmeric. With this background the experiment on effect of intercrops on growth and yield of turmeric was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Bhavanisagar. Among the different intercrops, turmeric with cowpea recorded the maximum fresh rhizome yield per hectare (30.78 t ha-1) while turmeric + bhendi registered the maximum B:C ratio (2.68:1). Monocropping of turmeric recorded the lowest B:C ratio (1.67:1) among all the treatments.  


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
SUDHEENDRA A. ASHTAPUTRE

A field experiment was conducted during kharif, 2005 at Agricultural Research station, Devihosur, Haveri, Karnataka to assess the progress of powdery mildew at different time interval of sowing dates. Totally 20 different dates of sowings were imposed in the experiment at an interval of 10 days. The crop sown on last week of May to mid of June recorded minimum disease severity compared to rest of the date of sowings. This clearly indicated that crop sown during this period suffers less, which may be due to low inoculum potential, whereas late sown crop suffers more because of the readily available inoculum in the early sown crops. Low disease severity in last week of May to mid of June sowing may be attributed to the non-congenial weather factors for the development of the disease.


1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-424
Author(s):  
SK Biswas ◽  
MA Razzaque Akanda ◽  
M Rafi Uddin ◽  
PK Sarker

A two-year field experiment was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Jessore during the rabi seasons of 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 to find out the level of disease incidence under different levels of irrigation and fungicide spray on the bulb yield of onion. Four irrigation levels: no irrigation (I1), irrigation at 10 days interval (I2), 20 days interval (I3), and 30 days interval (14) with 4 spray schedules: no spray (F1), one spray at 40 days after transplanting (DAT) (F2), two sprays each at 40 and 55 DAT (F3) and three sprays each at 40, 55, and 70 DAT (F4) were used. Yield and yield attributes varied significantly (p = 0.05) between sprayed and unsprayed, and irrigated and non-irrigated treatments, respectively. Higher yields were obtained with the higher frequencies of irrigation and spray. Application of fungicide reduced the disease severity significantly, while irrigation had no significant effect on disease infection. But there was a decreasing trend of the disease severity with increasing irrigation frequency. The highest bulb yield of onion (12.45 t/ha) was obtained with a total water use of 245 mm in six applications including an effective rainfall of 16 mm and three sprays. The disease severity between sprayed and unsprayed plots ranged from 1.33 to 3.16 for I1, 1.08 to 2.33 for I2 1.16 to 2.83 for I3, and 1.16 to 3.00 for I4, respectively. Key Words: Onion, disease incidence, irrigation, water use efficiency. DOI: 10.3329/bjar.v34i3.3967 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 34(3) : 417-424, September 2009


1970 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
NA Mondal ◽  
SMA Hossain ◽  
SU Bhuiya ◽  
M Jahiruddin

Field experiments were conducted at the Regional Agricultural Research Station of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Jessore during rabi (winter) seasons of 1999-2001 to study the tillage and mulching effects on conservation of residual soil moisture, yield attributes and yield of mustard (cv. Daulat.). Three different tillage methods, namely minimum, reduced and conventional tillage were used in the main plots and three different mulch materials, namely rice straw, water hyacinth, black polythene including no mulch were used in the sup-plots. It was observed that reduced tillage and polythene mulch or rice straw mulch conserve more moisture than other tillage methods and mulch application. Tillage practice significantly influenced the dry matter, yield and yield components of mustard. Reduced tillage gave consistently the highest seed yield (969 kg/ha), while minimum tillage gave the lowest seed yield (92 kg/ha). Mulching also resulted in better crop growth and increased yield. Significantly higher seed yield (1164 kg/ha) was recorded from black polythene mulch followed by rice straw mulch (1089 kg/ha). The yield of mustard was obtained due to the interaction effects on reduced tillage and polythene mulch followed by conventional tillage and polythene mulch, which was found superior to all other treatments. Results revealed that polythene mulch or rice straw mulch accompanied by reduced tillage was economically profitable for mustard cultivation/production under rainfed condition. Key Words: Rainfed mustard, tillage, mulching. doi: 10.3329/bjar.v33i4.2303 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 33(4) : 597-606, December 2008


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