INFLUENCE OF SULPHUR AND BORON ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF GARDEN PEA (Pisum sativum L.)

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from October, 2018 to March, 2019 to study the influence of sulphur and boron on growth and yield of garden pea. The experiment comprised of two factors. Factor A: Levels of Sulphur (4 levels); S 0: 0 kg S/ha (Control), S 1: 10 kg S/ha, S 2: 20 kg S/ha, S 3: 30 kg S/ha and Factor B: Levels of Boron (4 levels); B 0: 0 kg B/ha (Control), B 1: 1 kg B/ha, B 2: 2 kg B/ha, B 3: 3 kg B/ha. This experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Blocked Design (RCBD) with three replications. Sulphur and Boron application influenced significantly on most of the parameters. In case of sulphur, maximum plant height (50.84 cm), number of pods per plant (14.00), pod length (8.95 cm), number of seeds per pod (5.56) and green pod yield (10.76 t/ha) were recorded from S 3 treatment. In case of boron application, maximum plant height (49.17 cm), number of pods per plant (13.48), pod length (8.66 cm), number of seeds per pod (5.41) and green pod yield (10.14 t/ha) were found in B 2 treatment. Among the treatment combination, S 3 B 2 treatment gave the highest green pod yield (12.19 t/ha) and the lowest (5.38 t/ha) was obtained from S 0 B 0 treatment. The highest gross return (Tk. 365700), net return (Tk. 217585) and BCR (2.46) were obtained from the treatment combination of S 3 ii

B 2 where the lowest gross return (Tk. 161400), net return (Tk.17647) and lowest BCR (1.12) were obtained from S 0 B 0 . So, garden pea sown at 30 kg S/ha with 2 kg B/ha suitable for green pea production in Dhaka region.