Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University farm,
Dhaka during the kharif -1 season from March to June, 2010 to study the water
relations and yield of four mungbean cultivars under different date of sowing. The
treatment consisted of four mungbean varieties viz., V
1
= BARI mung- 4, V
=
BARI mung- 5, V
3
= BARI mung- 6, V
= BU mung- 4, and three sowing date,
viz., S
1
= 9 March, S
2
= 24 March, S
3
4
= 8 April. The experiment was laid out in a
randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Variety had
significant influence on relative water content (RWC), exudation rate (ER); stem,
leaf, root and total dry matter; pod length, pods per plant, seeds per pod, 1000seed
weight, seed yield, stover yield, biological yield and harvest index. BARI
mung- 4 showed the highest seed yield showing the highest value of yield
parameters and harvest index, RWC and ER, whereas, BU mung-4 produced the
lowest seed yield. Sowing date also influenced significantly the mentioned
parameters. Mungbean sowing on 24 March produced the highest seed yield
followed by the sowing on 9 March and 8 April by producing the highest value of
yield parameters, biological yield, RWC and ER. Among the interactions, BARI
mung-4 sowing on 24 March produced the highest seed yield.
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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
IN
AGRONOMY
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2009
