Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at Horticultural Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh during the period from November 2014 to January
2015 to study the productivity and profitability of bush bean as influenced by different
variety and spacing. Two different varieties viz. V
ii
1
= BARI bush bean-1, V
= BARI bush
bean-2 and six levels of spacing i.e. S
1
= 30 cm x 20 cm, S
2
= 30 cm x 15 cm, S
= 30 cm x
10 cm. S
4
= 25 cm x 20 cm. S
5
= 25 cm x 15 cm and S
=25 cm x 10 cm. were used for the
present study. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replication. The analyzed
results showed that highest plant height (56.07 cm), early 1
6
st
flower initiation (37.67 days),
pod yield per plot (3054.30 g) as well as pod yield (16.97 t/ha) were achieved from V
treatment combination. Furthermore, the second highest plant height (52.18 cm), early 1
flower initiation (38.67 days), pod yield per plot (2978.66 g), pod yield (16.55 t/ha) were
achieved from V
1
S
treatment combination. However, the lowest pod yield (8.31 t/ha) was
found from V
2
S
1
3
treatment combination .From the present study it was found that the
combined effect of V
economic point of view, V
1
S
6
2
considered as best treatment combination in respect of yield. From
1
S
3
treatment combination gave the highest net return and benefit
cost ratio value (Tk. 220,619.25 Tk. /ha and 2.14, respectively).
