EFFECT OF SOME CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MUNGBEAN YELLOW MOSAIC DISEASE

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted for the management of mungbean yellow mosaic disease under natural condition by using different cultural practices. The experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangia Agricultural University (SAU) farm, Dhaka. Mungbean variety BARI Mung-5 was used in the experiment. Four polyethylene mulch viz. white, black, yellow and blue sheet, two insect trap namely yellow pot trap and yellow cloth trap and retlective tapes were applied in the investigation. It was observed that all the treatments significantly reduced the incidence and severity of mungbean yellow mosaic disease and increased growth characters (Plant height, number of pods/plant, pod length and number of seeds/pod) and yield of mungbean. Among the different cultural practices yellow polyethylene mulch followed by yellow pot trap and yellow cloth trap performed better in respect of growth characters and yield. Yellow polyethylene mulch increased 25.84% yield of mungbean over untreated control.