PERFORMANCE OF TOMATO IN RESPONSE TO GROWING MEDIA AND PROBIOTICS IN THE POND FLOATING SYSTEM

Abstract

A pot experiment was conducted during October 2019 to January 2020 to evaluate the performance of tomato in response to growing media and probiotics in the pond of Sher-eBangla

Agricultural University, Dhaka. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having two factors with three replications. Factor A: Growing Media (3 levels) i.e. G 1 = 10% khoa + 90% coco peat (control), G 2 = 10% khoa + 60% coco peat + 30% vermicompost, G 3 = 10% khoa + 45% coco peat + 45% vermicompost and Factor B: 3 levels of probiotic i.e. P 0 = 0 gm probiotic(control), P 1 = 5 gm probiotic/pot, P 2 = 10 gm probiotic/pot. Result indicated that, almost all of the parameters varied significantly. The highest plant height (95.24cm), maximum number of fruits (29.67) and highest fruit yield (1.84 kg) per plant were obtained from G 3 treatment, whereas it was the lowest in G 1 treatment. Considering the probiotic performance, the highest plant height (89.69 cm), maximum number of fruits (27.45) and highest fruit yield (1.65kg) per plant were obtained from P 2 treatment, while the lowest result was noted in P 0 treatment. It was observed that, the treatment combination G 3 P 2 gave the best performance in terms of growth and yield parameters compared to G 1 P 0 . So, it can be concluded that, growing media with 10% khoa + 45% coco peat + 45% vermicompost and 10gm probiotic was effective for better tomato production in the pond floating system.`