Abstract:
An experiment was carried out at the Agronomy Farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka to evaluate the influence of foliar application of
zinc (Zn) and boron (B) on the growth and yield of lentil during the period
from November 2017 to March 2018. Zn and B were applied as foliar
application in different combinations such as F
0
= Control (without Zn and B),
F
1
= Zn foliar application, F
2
= B foliar application and F
3
= Zn and B foliar
application at four growth stages, i.e S
0
= control (without Zn and B), S
1
= at 10
leaf stage, S
2
= at 10 leaf stage + flowering and S
3
= at 10 leaf stage +
flowering + pod formation were considered for the present study. The
experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications. Data on
different growth and yield parameters were recorded and analyzed statistically
by using MSTAT-C software program. The level of significance among the
treatments was estimated by the Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at 5%
level of probability. The result revealed that application of Zn and B (F
3
) as
foliar spray was superior in producing highest yield (1701.7 kg ha
), as well as
higher growth and yield attributes characters. In case of foliar application at 10
leaf + flowering + pod formation stage showed highest yield (1701.3 kg ha
)
yield attributes and growth characters. On the other hand, treatment
combination of F
3
S
3
(Zn and B foliar application with combination of time of
application at 10 leaf stage + flowering + pod formation) showed the highest
plant height (38.28 cm), dry weight plant
-1
1
(9.33), number of pods plant
-1
-1
(26.29 g), number of branches plant
(52.44), number of seeds pod
-1
(2.12), shelling
percentage (43.24%), 1000 seed weight (22.49 g), seed yield (1852.0 kg ha
),
stover yield (1956.3 kg ha
-1
) and biological yield (3808.3 kg ha
-1
) where lowest
result on the respected parameters were obtained from the treatment
combination of F
0
S
0
(without Zn and B).
-1
-1
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: JANUARY-JUNE, 2018
