Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy research field, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka from November, 2017 to January, 2018 to study
the performance of two different varieties of quinoa as influenced by different
fertilizer levels. The treatments were included two factors in this study as, Factor
A: Variety (2) viz. Titicaca (V
1
) and Vikinga (V
2
) and Factor B: fertilizer levels
(7); F
1
(No fertilizer), F
2
(120kg N ha
-1
), F
3
(50 kg P ha
-1
), F
4
(50kg K ha
(120-50 kg NP ha
-1
), F
6
(120-50 kg NK ha
-1
), F
7
(120-50-50 kg NPK ha
). The
experiment was laid out in RCBD (factorial) design with three replications. Data
on different growth parameters, yield attributes and yield were significantly varied
for different parameters. The experimental results indicate that seed yield of
quinoa was significantly influenced by the application of different fertilizer levels.
The higher plant height at harvest (23.34cm), higher inflorescence length
(14.77cm), higher straw weight plant
-1
(2.54g), higher 1000 seed weight (2.55g),
higher seed weight (383.66 kg ha
-1
), higher straw weight (582.65kg ha
) was
found by V
2
. The highest seed yield (682.07 kg ha
which was statistically similar with V
2
F
6
-1
-1
-1
) was obtained from V
2
.The lowest seed yield (73.15 kg ha
)
was obtained from V
1
F
3
which was statistically similar to V
1
.
Therefore, present study suggest that Vikinga with 120-50-50 NPK Kg ha
or
120-50 kg NK ha
-1
is the most compatible in respect of yield advantage and
economic gain. The same interaction also showed higher yield for Titicaca also
though it was lower compared to that at Vikinga variety.
F
5
-1
), F
5
and V
1
-1
F
7
-1
F
1
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S.)
IN
AGRONOMY
Semester: January- June, 2018
