EFFECT OF SULPHUR AND BORON ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUNGBEAN VARIETIES

Abstract

The experiment was conducted during the period from March to June, 2014 at the research farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka to find out the effect of sulphur and boron on the growth and yield of mungbean varieties. The experiment comprised of two factors i.e. Factor A: Sulphur and boron (combination-4); F 1 = NPK, F 2 = NPK+S, F 3 = NPK+B and F = NPK+S+B; Factor B: Mungbean varieties-4; V 1 = BARI Mung-5, V 2 4 = BARI Mung-6, V = Binamoog-8 and V = BU Mung-4. The two factors experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three replications. Data on different growth and yield parameters were recorded and significant variation was recorded for different treatments. In case of sulphur and boron, the highest seed yield (1.69 t ha 4 ) was recorded from F 4, whereas the lowest (1.57 t ha -1 ) from F which may be occurred due to highest and lowest 1000-seed weight, number of pods plant 1 , number of seeds plant -1 . For different varieties of mungbean, the highest seed yield (1.79 t ha -1 ) was recorded from V 3 , while the lowest (1.33 t ha

which may be occurred due to highest and lowest 1000-seed weight, number of pods plant -1 , number of seeds plant -1 . Due to the interaction effect of sulphur and boron combination and mungbean varieties, the highest seed yield (1.92 t ha ) was observed from the treatment combination of F 4 V , whereas the lowest (1.12 t ha -1 ) from F 4 V 4 2 which may be occurred due to highest and lowest 1000-seed weight, number of pods plant -1 , number of seeds plant -1 . Application of NPK+S+B and Binamoog-8 was more potential in regarding growth and yield of mungbean. -1 -1 ) from V 3 -1 -1 4