Abstract:
The experiment was conducted in the Horticultural Farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from October 2015 to March
2016 to find out the productivity and profitability of tomato as influenced by
micronutrients. This is a single factor experiment and consisted of 11
treatments. The treatments are the combination of different doses of
micronutrients according to North Caroline University law, USA. The
treatments are T
0
: Zn
0
B
0
Cu
0
kg ha
-1
, T
1
: Zn
0
B
4
Cu
2
kg ha
-1
, T
2
kg ha
-1
, T
3
: Zn
6
B
4
Cu
2
kg ha
-1
, T
4
: Zn
8
B
4
Cu
2
kg ha
-1
, T
5
: Zn
8
B
0
,
T
6
: Zn
6
B
2
Cu
0
kg ha
-1
, T
7
: Zn
6
B
6
Cu
2
kg ha
-1
, T
8
: Zn
6
B
4
Cu
0
: Zn
4
Cu
2
kg ha
B
4
Cu
1
kg ha
-1
and T
10
: Zn
6
B
4
Cu
3
kg ha
-1
. Recommended doses of cowdung,
Urea, TSP and MP were also used as basal dose. The experiment was laid out
in Randomized Complete Block Design with 3 replications. Maximum number
of clusters plant
-1
(9.35), number of flowers cluster
-1
(7.75), number of fruits
cluster
-1
(4.25), individual fruit weight (92.50 g), dry matter content of fruit
(15.37 %), TSS (8.76 %), yield of fruit plant
-1
(2.88 kg), and the maximum
yield hectare
-1
(96.00 t/ha), were recorded from the T
3
treatment while the
minimum results were observed from the T
0
. From economic point of view, the
treatment T
3
gave the highest economic return (Tk. 674944 ha
) with 2.37
BCR. So, economic analysis revealed that the treatment combination of T
3
appeared to be the best for achieving higher productivity and profitability of
tomato.
