GROWTH,YIELD AND ECONOMICS OF BARLEY AS AFFECTED BY SOWING TIME AND CUTTING MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University during the period from November, 2021 to March, 2022 for assessing different varieties of barley in dual purpose influenced by sowing time and cutting management. The three factorial experiment considered two Barley variety,A: BARI Barley-8 and BARI Barley-9 and comprised of three factors viz. factor B: different sowing times (4), S 1 =15th October, S 2 =1st November, S 3 viii =15th November and S 4 =30th November; factor C: Cutting management (4); C 0 =Uncut, C 1 =cutting at 40 DAS, C 2 =cutting at 50 DAS and C 3 =cutting at 60 DAS. This experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three replications. Data were collected on different aspects of growth, yield attributes and economic traits. From the findings of the study it was observed that, among with others growth and yield contributing parameters, highest grain yield (3.35 t/ha) was obtained from the V 2 S 2 C 0 combination (BARI Barley 9, sowing at 1 st November and no cutting). On the other hand, the lowest grain yield (2.08 t/ha) was obtained from the combination of V 1 S 4 C 3 (BARI Barley -8, sowing at 30 th November and cutting at 60 DAS). The highest BCR (2.35) was obtained from the V 2 S 2 C 0 combination (BARI Barley- 9, sowing at 1 st November and cutting at 40 DAS). On the other hand, the lowest BCR (1.81) was obtained from the combination of V 1 S 4 C 3 (BARI Barley-8, sowing at 30 th November and cutting at 60 DAS). From economic point of view, it was apparent that, the combination of V 2 S 2 C 2 combination (BARI Barley-9, sowing at 1 st November and cutting At 50 DAS) treatment was more profitable than rest of the treatment combinations even with lower yield but additional economic return from selling the fodder.