http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1722 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:35:11 GMT 2026-04-18T11:35:11Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3057 YIELD AND QUALITY OF CHICKPEA AS AFFECTED BY SOWING DATES ALI, MD. YEASIN A field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the period from November 2014 to June 2015 to observe the effect of sowing dates and variety on growth, yield and quality of chickpea. The experiment comprised of main plot: two chickpea varieties: BARI Chola-5 and BARI Chola-9 and sub-plots to be five different sowing dates: November 05, November 20, December 05, December 20 and January 04. The experiment was laid out in split- plot design with three replications. The results revealed significant variations in date to emergence, plant height, number of branches plant maturity, number of pods plant -1 , pod length, seeds pod -1 , days to first flowering, days to -1 , weight of 1000 seeds, seed yield, stover yield, biological yield, shelling percentage and harvest index due variety and sowing dates. Seed quality attributes viz germination percentage, vigor index, number of leaves per seedling, shoot length, root length and total dry matter content of seedling also varied due to variety and sowing time. Delayed sowing affected the chickpea plant growth, its yield and the quality of seed. In the case of varieties, more or less significant variation was observed in all parameters, here, BARI Chola-9 showed better performance over BARI Chola-5. Interaction of variety and sowing date significantly affected the seed yield. BARI Chola-9 sown on November 20 produced maximum seed yield and that the lowest seed yield January 04. The maximum weight of 1000 seeds, highest stover yield, harvest index, maximum germination percentage and vigor index were found when chickpea was sown on 20 November and ensure the best performance. Irrespective of variety, delayed sowings showed lower performance on all parameters especially yield contributing parameters and yield of chickpea A Thesis Submitted to the Institute of Seed Technology Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SEED TECHNOLOGY SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2015 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3057 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3056 YIELD VARIATION, SUGAR AND ANTIOXIDANT CONTENT OF POTATO AS INFLUENCED BY VERMICOMPOST AND FOLLOWED BY PERFORMANCE AT AMBIENT STORAGE CONDITION FERDOUS, JANNATUL The experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka1207, during the period from November, 2014 to April, 2015 to evaluate the effect of variety and vermicompost on the yield, sugar and antioxidant activity of potato and their performance under ambient storage condition. The experiment consists of two factors, i.e., factor A:- Potato varieties (V4): V 1 :BARI TPS-1, V :BARI Alu-28 (Lady Rosetta),V 3 : BARI Alu-25 (Asterix)and V 4 2 :BARI Alu-29 (Courage); factor B:-Vermicompost level (M-4):M 1 : 0 t/ha, M 2 : 2 t/ha, M 3 :4 t/ha and M : 6 t/ha and was laid out in a split-plot design with 3 replications. The present study revealed that vermicompost had significant effect on most of the yield and quality contributing parameters. Results demonstrated that yield and other parameters increased with increasing vermicompost level. Among the sixteen treatment combination, Asterix with vermicompost at the rate of 4 t/ha produced the maximum yield (36.01 t/ha) but Asterix with vermicompost at the rate of 6t/ha showed the highest specific gravity, dry matter, glucose, sucrose, ascorbic acid, antioxidant and polyphenol content. These two combinations also showed little bit higher concentration of glucose and sucrose compared to those of other combinations.In case of ambient storage condition; dry matter, specific gravity, starch, polyphenol and ascorbic acid decreased with increasing storing period while weight loss, total soluble solid (TSS), glucose, sucrose and antioxidant content increased with increasing storing period of up to 60 days. Lady Rosetta and Asterix may store under ambient storage condition up to 60 DAS without imparting any significant quality losses just prior to sprouting of tuber. It may be concluded that, the potato growers of Bangladesh may apply vermicopmpost on their field at the rate of 6 t/ha for maintaining better yield and good processing quality. 4 A Thesis Submitted to the Institute of seed technology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN SEED TECHNOLOGY SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2015 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3056 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3055 EFFECTS OF SALINITY ON SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT OF TOMATO MAHABUB, SYED TARIK An experiment was conducted at the Laboratory of the Department of Agronomy, Sher-eBangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in order to investigate the effects of different levels of NaCl concentrations on seed germination and seedling growth of six varieties of tomato. The two factor experiment was carried out using completely randomized design with three replications. Experimental treatments consisted of six varieties of tomato ( NaCl th days after sowing, the highest percentage of seed germination seed germination A Thesis Submitted to the Institute of Seed Technology Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SEED TECHNOLOGY Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/3055 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1723 EFFECT OF PLANT SPACING AND NUMBER OF TPS PER HILL ON GROWTH, YIELD AND ECONOMIC RETURN OF SEEDLING TUBER DERIVED FROM TRUE POTATO SEED SARMIN, SONIA A field experiment was conducted at the research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the period from October 2013 to March 2014, to investigate the effect of spacing and number of true potato seed hill' on growth, yield and economic return of seedling tuber production. The experiment comprised two factors. Factor A: Plant spaeing(3); S1 -25cm x 4cm, S2-25cm x 5cm, S3-25cm x 6cm and Factor B: number of TPS hilr 1 (3)viz; P 1 -1 TPS hiw', P2 -2 TPS hiw',P3-3 TPS hilF'.The experiment was laid oud in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Plant spacing and / or number of TPS hill1 had significant effect on most of the growth and yield contributing characters studied in this experiment. Yield parameters such as number of seedling tuber m 2 gradually decreased with increasing spacing on the other hand, average seedling tuber weight increased with increasing plant spacing. In case of yield 25cm x 5 cm spacing exhibited maximum yield (t hi'). For number of TPS hilF'. 2TPS hill' performed the best performance for the production of maximum yield (t ha'). Among the 45 treatment combination though S 2P, and S,P3 produced the maximum number of seedling tubers m 2 (837) and average weight of seedling tuber (9.73gm), respectively but S 2P2 was the best combination for the production of maximum yield (53.93 t ha .5. It may be concluded that Productivity of view Point 2 TPS hill' at 25cm x Scm spacing was the best both in terms of maximum yield and highest benefit cost ratio. A Thesis Submitted to the Institute ofSeed Technology Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka Prof. Dr. Tuhin Suvra Roy Department of Agronomy SAU, Dhaka-1207 Supervisor in partial fulfIlment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN SEED TECHNOLOGY Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1723 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z