EFFECT OF MANURES AND ITS APPLICATION TIME ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CAULIFLOWER

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during October 2017 to February 2018. The experiment consisted of two factors, Factor A: Four types of organic manures, viz. M 0 oil cake (3.6 t/ha), and M 3 = Control; M 1 = Cowdung (36 t/ha), M 2 = Vermicompost (9 t/ha) . Factor B: Three application times, viz. T 1 = 15 days before transplanting, T 2 = Application at the time of transplanting and T 3 after transplanting. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with = Mustard = 15 days three replications. In case of organic manures, the highest yield (38.70 t/ha) was found from M 2 treatment, whereas the lowest yield (19.71t/ha) was recorded from M 0 application time the highest yield the (31.83t/ha) was found from T 1 lowest yield ( 28.10 t/ha) was recorded from T 3 treatment. In case of treatment, whereas the treatment. Due to combined effect maximum yield (38.704 t/ha) with net return (4,74,421 tk) and BCR (2.20) was obtained from M 2 treatment combination while the lowest yield (17.90 t/ha) with lowest return (44,211 tk) and BCR (1.17) from M 0 T 3 treatment. So, economic analysis revealed that the M 2 combination appeared to be best for achieving the higher growth, yield and economic benefit of cauliflower. T 1 T 1 treatment