Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from October, 2018 to March,
2019 to study the influence of sulphur and boron on growth and yield of garden
pea. The experiment comprised of two factors. Factor A: Levels of Sulphur (4
levels);
S
0: 0 kg S/ha (Control),
S
1: 10 kg S/ha,
S
2: 20 kg S/ha,
S
3: 30 kg S/ha
and Factor B: Levels of Boron (4 levels);
B
0: 0 kg B/ha (Control),
B
1: 1 kg
B/ha,
B
2: 2 kg B/ha,
B
3: 3 kg B/ha.
This experiment was laid out in
Randomized Complete Blocked Design (RCBD) with three replications.
Sulphur and Boron application influenced significantly on most of the
parameters. In case of sulphur, maximum plant height (50.84 cm), number of
pods per plant (14.00), pod length (8.95 cm), number of seeds per pod (5.56)
and green pod yield (10.76 t/ha) were recorded from
S
3 treatment. In case of
boron application, maximum plant height (49.17 cm), number of pods per plant
(13.48), pod length (8.66 cm), number of seeds per pod (5.41) and green pod
yield (10.14 t/ha) were found in
B
2 treatment. Among the treatment
combination,
S
3
B
2 treatment gave the highest green pod yield (12.19 t/ha) and
the lowest (5.38 t/ha) was obtained from
S
0
B
0 treatment.
The highest gross
return (Tk. 365700), net return (Tk. 217585) and BCR (2.46) were obtained
from the treatment combination of S
3
ii
B
2
where the lowest gross return (Tk.
161400), net return (Tk.17647) and lowest BCR (1.12) were obtained from
S
0
B
0
. So, garden pea sown at 30 kg S/ha with 2 kg B/ha suitable for
green pea
production in Dhaka region.
