Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted for the management of mungbean yellow mosaic disease
under natural condition by using different cultural practices. The experiment was conducted at
Sher-e-Bangia Agricultural University (SAU) farm, Dhaka. Mungbean variety BARI Mung-5
was used in the experiment. Four polyethylene mulch viz. white, black, yellow and blue sheet,
two insect trap namely yellow pot trap and yellow cloth trap and retlective tapes were applied in
the investigation. It was observed that all the treatments significantly reduced the incidence and
severity of mungbean yellow mosaic disease and increased growth characters (Plant height,
number of pods/plant, pod length and number of seeds/pod) and yield of mungbean. Among the
different cultural practices yellow polyethylene mulch followed by yellow pot trap and yellow
cloth trap performed better in respect of growth characters and yield. Yellow polyethylene
mulch increased 25.84% yield of mungbean over untreated control.
