Abstract:
The experiment was conducted in the Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from March to June 2008 to study
the ellbct of farm yard manure and chemical fertilizers on the growth and yield of
okra. The red tarrece soil of Tejgaon was silty loam in texture having ph 5.6. The
experiment was conducted in a RCBD with 4 replications and 7 treatments. The
treatments were T
O
: Control, I: 100% organic manure Warm yard manure 25
ton/ha).
12:
100% chemical fertilizers ltJrea 200 kg/ha (100 kg +50 kg
f
50kg) +
150 kg TSP/ha + 125 kg ?vfP/ha i
75
kg (iypsumlha +
5
kg Zinc sulphate/ha]. 1'
3:
80% organic manure + 20% chemical fertilizers. 1
1
: 60% organic manure
F
40%
chemical fertilizers. T
5
: 40% organic manure + 60% chemical fertilizers. T
6: 20%
organic manure + 80% chemical fertilizers. It was observed from the experiment
that T
5
combination significantly increased all the parameters studied. Maximum
results were found with T
5
treatment and minimum results were found with T
Q
treatment in the most of the cases on the growth and yield of okra.
