PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF BUSH BEAN AS INFLUENCED BY VARIETY AND SPACING

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).