INFLUENCE OF MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS AND YIELD OF OKRA THROUGH APPLICATION OF ZINC AND BORON
Date
2018-12
Authors
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY DHAKA -1207, BANGLADESH
Abstract
The study was carried out at the Central Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka during the period from April to August 2018 to study the
influence of morpho-physiological characters and yield of okra (BARI
Dherosh- 1). The treatments of the experiment was T
ii
0
(control), T
(20 kg Zn
ha
-1
), T
2
(30 kg Zn ha
-1
), T
3
(10 kg B ha
-1
), T
4
(20 kg B ha
-1
), T
+ 10 kg B ha
-1
), T
6
(20 kg Zn ha
-1
+ 20 kg B ha
-1
), T
7
5
1
(20 kg Zn ha
(30 kg Zn ha
+ 10 kg B
ha
-1
) and T
8
(30 kg Zn ha
-1
+ 20 kg B ha
-1
). The experiment was laid out in
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Results
revealed that the highest plant height (118.30 cm) was recorded from T
(30 kg
Zn ha
-1
+ 20 kg B ha
-1
) but the highest number of leaves plant
(30.06) was
recorded from T
7
(30 kg Zn ha
-1
+ 10 kg B ha
-1
). Results also revealed that the
highest leaf area index, (298.60) and SPAD value (65.73), single fruit weight
(14.14 g), fruit length (15.12 cm), fruit diameter (1.96 cm), % fruit dry matter
(9.26 g), number of fruits plant
-1
(36.12), fresh fruit weight plant
(510.70 g),
fruit yield plot
-1
(7.75 kg) and fruit yield ha
-1
(17.22 t ha
-1
-1
-1
-1
8
) were found from T
(30 kg Zn ha
-1
+ 10 kg B ha
-1
) treatment, whereas the control treatment (T
)
showed lowest performance for the respected parameters. From the above
results it can be said that 30 kg Zn ha
-1
with 10 kg B ha
-1
combination may be
helpful for okra cultivation in the field level to increase okra production.
Description
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of
Agricultural Botany Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, DhakaIn
partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN
AGRICULTURAL BOTANY
SEMESTER: JULY- DECEMBER, 2018
Keywords
MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS, ZINC AND BORON