EVALUATION OF SOME ELITE MUNGBEAN VARIETIES THROUGH THEIR GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE

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.