Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University farm,
Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from August, 2010 to February 2011to evaluate
the performance of four mungbean cultivars under different sowing date on kharif II
season. The experiment comprised four mungbean cultivars viz., BARI mung-3,
BARI mung-4, BARI mung-5 and BINA mung-2, and four sowing dates viz., 23
August, 23 September, 23 October and 23 November. The experiment was laid out in
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Results showed
that cultivar and sowing date significantly influenced all the parameters studied. Plant
height, number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, pod length, seed and
stover yield were found highest in BINA mung-2 and lowest in BARI mung-3, while
these parameters were found highest and lowest on sowing 23 October and 23
November, respectively. Sowing BINA mung-2 on 23 October and 23 November gave
the highest seed yield (2.60 t/ha) and stover yield (3.42 t/ha) and the lowest seed yield
(1.80 t/ha) and stover yield (1.87 t/ha), respectively. Results suggested that sowing all
the four cultivars studied on 23 October is desirable for higher seed yield under AEZ
28 condition.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree
of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRONOMY
SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2010
