RESPONSE OF DIFFERENT MICRONUTRIENTS AND SPACING ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF GARLIC (Allium sativum L.)

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Horticultural Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, during the period from November 2013 to April 2014 to find out the response of different micronutrients and spacing on the growth and yield of garlic. The experiment consists of two factors. Factor A: four levels of plant nutrients T 0 : S 0 B 0 Zn 0 (control), T 1 : S 15 B 2 Zn 5 , T 2 : S 20 B 4 Zn 10 and T 3 : S 25 (kg/ha) respectively. Factor B: three levels of spacing S 1 B 6 = 10 cm × 10 cm, S 2 = 15 cm × 10 cm and S 3 = 15 cm × 15 cm were used for the present study. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications. Results showed that highest yield of garlic (5.66 t) was found from T 3 treatment and lowest yield (3.42 t) was found from T 0 treatment. For spacing, S 1 gave highest yield (5.25 t) and S 3 gave lowest yield (4.43 t) yield of garlic. The T 3 S 1 treatment combination was found highest yield (6.57 t) and lowest yield (3.36 t) was found fromT 0 S 3 treatment combination. Calculating the benefit cost ratio T 3 S 1 gave the highest economic return (2.52) compared with rest of the treatment combinations. So S 25 B 6 Zn 15 with 10 cm × 10 cm spacing gave highest yield of garlic.