EFFECT OF SEED SIZE AND SPACING ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUNGBEAN
Date
2015-06
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY
Abstract
An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy field, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, during March to May, 2014 to study the
effect of seed size and spacing on the growth and yield of mungbean. The
experiment was consisted of three seed sizes; viz., small (3.2mm), medium
(3.2 mm to 4mm) and large ( >4mm) and four row spacings (20cm, 25cm,
30cm and 35cm). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete
Block Design (RCBD) (factorial) with three replications. The results showed
that growth, yield and yield attributes of mungbean significantly influenced
by seed sizes, spacings and their combinations. At harvest, medium seed sized
gave the longest plant height (44.8 cm), maximum number of leaves plant
(10.0), the highest leaf dry weight plant
-1
(7.6g), flower and pod dry weight
plant
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(3.4g), total plant dry weight (15.5g), biological yield plant
(3.0g),
harvest index (0.38) and seed yield (1.58t ha
gave the highest seed yield (1.57t ha
-1
-1
-1
). The plant of 30cm spacing
), biological yield (3.8 t ha
index (0.39). The combined effect of medium seed size (3.2-4mm) and
sowing at 30 cm spacing showed maximum grain yield (2.4 t ha
) with higher
value of harvest index (40.00%).
-1
-1
), harvest
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Description
A Thesis
Submitted to Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRONOMY
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2015
Keywords
SEED SIZE, SPACING, MUNGBEAN