Abstract:
This experiment was carried out at the rooftop garden of the Department of Agricultural
Botany, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh from May 2018 to
October 2018 to evaluate responses of brinjal to different plant growing structures and
different growing media in the rooftop garden. The experiment consisted of two factors, factor
A-plant growing structures, viz., S
1
= Plastic pot, S
= Earthen pot and factor B-six different plant
growing medium viz. M
0
2
=Soil 100%(w\w) with Recommended Dose of Inorganic Fertilizers
(RDIF)/ (control), M
1
=Soil 80% (w\w) +20% Cow dung (w\w) along with RDIF, M
=Soil 60%
(w\w) + Cow dung 40% (w\w) along with RDIF, M
=Soil 90% (w\w) +10% Vermicompost (w\w)
along with RDIF, M
4
3
=Soil 80% (w\w) +20% Vermicompost (w\w) along with RDIF and M
=Soil
70% (w\w) +20%Cowdung (w\w) +10% Vermicompost (w\w) along with RIDF. The factorial
experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four replications. The
experimental result such as morphological character and yield of brinjal significantly influenced
by different plant growing structures and plant growing media and their combination. As for
plant growing structures, the plastic pot (S
) gave the highest plant height, number of leaves
per plant, branch per plant, flowers per cluster, flowers per plant, fruit length, fruit diameter,
fruits per plant. The highest yield of fruits per plant (740.16 g) was obtained from plastic pot(S
1
)
and Soil 70%(w\w) +20% cow dung(w\w) +10% vermicompost(w\w) along with RDIF marked as
S
1
M
. The lowest yield of fruits per plant (144.72 g) was obtained from earthen pot and Soil
100% (w\w) along with RDIF marked as S
5
2
M
. Considering the stated findings, it may be
concluded that BARI Begun-8 planted in plastic pot and Soil 70% (w\w) +20% Cow dung (w\w)
+10% Vermicompost (w\w) along with RDIF would be beneficial for increasing the yield of
brinjal during kharif season in the rooftop garden under the climatic conditions of SAU.
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2
5
2
Description:
A Thesis
submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL BOTANY
SEMESTER: JULY- DECEMBER, 2018
