PERFORMANCE OF FRENCH BEAN CULTIVARS AS INFLUENCED BY MANURES

Abstract

An experiment was carried out at the Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from November, 2012 to February, 2013 to study the effects of different organic manure on the growth and yield of French bean. The experiment consisted of 4 levels of organic manure, viz. F 0 : Control; F 1 : Cowdung : Vermicompost 3 2 : Poultry manure : BARI French bean 1; V : BARI French bean 2. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replication. The organic manure had significant effect on the plant height, number of branch, leaf size, number of flower, number of pod per plant and pod yield per hectare. The highest 2 and the lowest . On the other hand, the highest 2 1 and lowest .The results indicated that, the better results were obtained from BARI French bean 2 when combined with poultry manure.