EFFECT OF GROWING MEDIA ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO IN ROOF TOP AQUAVEGECULTURE SYSTEM

Abstract

An experiment was conducted during the period of October 2016 to February 2017 on the rooftop of Agriculture Faculty at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207. Treatment as three levels of growing media i.e. M 1 =Broken stone, M 2 = 50% khoa + 50% broken stone, M = Khoa; and two levels of variety i.e. V 1 = Exotic tomato line (AVRDC), V 2 3 = BARI Tomato 15. Result indicated that almost all of the parameters varied significantly. The highest plant height (78.67 cm), maximum number of fruits (31.01) and highest fruit yield (858.67 g plant -1 ) were obtained from M 2 . Whereas it was the lowest in M . Considering the varietal performance, the highest plant height (81.00 cm), maximum number of fruits (33.11) and highest fruit yield (840.11 g plant ) were obtained from V 2 . The treatment combination M 2 V gave the best performance in terms of growth and yield parameters. So, 50% khoa + 50% broken stone and BARI Tomato 15 could be used to cultivate tomato in roof top aquavegeculture system