Abstract:
The present investigation was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka during the period from January to March, 2018 to study the
effect of alternate furrow irrigation and varying fertilizer management on the
yield performance of baby corn. Two irrigation treatments viz. I
(Conventional
irrigation) and I
A
C
(Alternate furrow irrigation); and six fertilizer managements
viz. F
0
(No fertilizer application; control), F
(Recommended doses of
fertilizer), F
2
1
(125% of recommended doses of fertilizer), F
(75% of the
recommended doses of fertilizer), F
(50% of the recommended doses of
fertilizer) and F
5
4
(25% of recommended doses of fertilizer) were considered for
treatments of the study. Both the irrigation and fertilizer treatments showed
significant variation on most of the studied parameters. In respect of combined
effect of irrigation and fertilizer, the highest cob diameter (7.03 cm), cob length
(18.00 cm), fresh single cob weight with husk at harvest (46.07 g), total fresh
weight plant
-1
at harvest (795.3 g), fresh weight plant
-1
at harvest (145.5 g), dry
weight plant
-1
without husk at harvest (95.67 g), dry weight of 5 cobs with husk
(78.05 g), dry weight of single cob without husk (7.74 g), fresh 5 cob weight
without husk at harvest (96.01) and fresh cob yield without husk (2.40 t ha
)
were observed from the combination treatment I
A
F
whereas, the respective
lowest values were found from treatment combination of I
1
C
F
0
.
3
-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
