Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field of Sher-e- Bangla
Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka in the Rabi season (NovemberFebruary)
of 2013-2014 to evaluate the performance of varieties on different
planting
techniques of rapeseed and mustard. The treatment comprised of two
planting
techniques and live varieties. The two planting techniques were
conventional
method of sowing P
1
)
and sowing in puddle soil (P2).
Five
different varieties were Improved Tori-7 (V
1
), BARI Sarisha-13 (V,), BAR!
Sarisha-IS (V
1), BAR! Sarisha-16 (V4) and SAU SR-03 (V
2). The experiment
was laid out in a Split Plot Design with three rep!ications. The experiment
focused on the performance of rapeseed and mustard varieties to determine the
suitability of cultivation in different condition to fit the crop into the cropping
pattern. Results indicated that the seed yield of mustard varied with varietal
difference. But there
was
no significant difference between the two planting
techniques for most of the parameters. The planting techniques affect
significantly for the siliqua length. It was found that higher siliqua length was
found in the conventional technique of planting. The growth behavior of the
five studied varieties was diflèrent. The variety Improved Tori-7 showed the
highest yield than the other studied varieties, which is 14.29% higher than the
variety BAR! Sarisha-1 6. The variety BAR! Sarisha- 16 showed the highest
yield response (2.39 t haS') with conventional technique that statistically similar
with the variety Improved Tori-7 (2.38 t haj with conventional well as
puddled soil condition. The interaction effect of conventional technique with
BAR! Sarisha-l6 gives 0.42% higher yield return than puddle soil sowing with
Improved Tori-7. Thus, it is concluded that the variety Improved Tori-7 can be
well suited with both techniques and BAR! Sarisha-16 could be grown with
conventional method of sowing (P
1 V4) for higher yield output.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRONOMY
