Abstract:
The experiment was carried out during late March to mid June 2017 at the
Agricultural Botany experimental field of Sher-e Bangla Agricultural University
(SAU), to study the yield and yield contributing characters of some elite
mungbean varieties of Bangladesh. Seven mungbean varieties, viz. BU Mug 4,
BU Mug 5, BINA moog 8, BARI Mung 4, BARI Mung 5, BARI Mung 6 and
BARI Mung 7 were used for the experiment. The experiment was laid out in a
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Results
showed that, the highest plant height (21.20, 43.28 and 70.25 at 25, 45 DAS and
at harvest, respectively) was obtained from the variety BARI Mung 5 whereas the
highest number of leaves plant
-1
(11.00, 16.20 and 21.60 at 25, 45 DAS and at
harvest, respectively) and leaf area m
-2
(37.12, 44.82 and 49.10 g at 25, 45 DAS
and at harvest, respectively) were obtained from the variety BINA moog 8. Again,
the highest number of branches plant
-1
(1.24, 4.60 and 5.85 at 25, 45 DAS and at
harvest, respectively), dry weight plant
-1
(9.10, 17.88 and 24.72 g at 25, 45 DAS
and at harvest, respectively) BARI Mung 7. Regarding yield and yield
contributing parameters, number of flower plant
-1
(32.24), number of cluster
plant
-1
(4.78), pod length (7.86 cm), number of pods plant
-1
(25.44), number of
seeds pod
-1
(12.28), 1000 seed weight (48.88 g), seed yield (1686.70 kg ha
),
stover yield (2126.70 kg ha
-1
), biological yield (3813.40 kg ha
-1
) and the highest
harvest index (44.23%) were obtained from the variety, BARI Mung 7.
