Abstract:
The experiment was performed at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the period from October 2015 to March
2016. Five treatments viz. only cowdung (CD) as basal dose (T
), cowdung
with BARI fertilizer dose (basal) + cowdung leachate as top dressing (T
),
cowdung with BARI fertilizer dose (basal) + vermicompost leachate as top
dressing (T
), cowdung with BARI fertilizer dose (basal) + MOC leachate top
dressing (T
3
4
), cowdung with BARI fertilizer dose (basal) (T
) were studied in
this experiment. These treatments were arranged in Randomized Complete
Block Design with three replications. Significant variation was observed at
different growth and yield parameters with different treatments. Maximum fruit
number (117.0/plant), fruit weight (9.80 g), yield/plant (1.12 kg) and total yield
(46.77 t/ha) were found from T
3
II
5
whereas minimum (108.0/plant, 8.50 g/fruit,
0.92 kg/plant and 38.20 t/ha respectively) from T
treatment. This study
suggests that T
3
1
treatment acts as a potential source of plant nutrients for
suitable black cherry tomato production.
