Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at the central farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207 during the period from October
2018 to April 2019 to determine the growth, seed yield and quality of chilli as
influenced by fertilizer management and spacing. The experiment consisted of
two factors Factor A: Different fertilizer management such as F
:
Vermicompost (15 t ha
-1
), F
2
: 110 kg ha
-1
N, 170 kg ha
-1
0
, 100 kg ha
:
½ Vermicompost + ½ N
110
P
170
K
100
kg ha
-1
; Factor B: Different types of plant
spacing such as S
1
: 60 cm × 30 cm, S
2
: 60 cm × 45 cm and S
: 60 cm × 60 cm.
The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD)
with three replications. Data on different growth and yield contributing
characters were recorded. Results indicated that fertilizer management and
spacing had a significant influence on most of the growth, seed yield and
quality components of chilli. Under this investigation, it was revealed that plant
height, number of branches per plant, number of leaves per plant, fruit length,
the weight of dry fruits, number of dry fruits per plant, yield per plant dry
fruits, number of seeds per fruit, thousand seed weight, germination percentage,
root length, shoot length and seedling length were found to be maximum from
F
3
S
3
treatment combination and minimum from F
0
S
1
3
: Control, F
-1
K and F
treatment combination
Yield of dry fruits (3.06 t) and seed (353.35 kg) per hectare were found to be
maximum from F
3
S
2.
By contrast
minimum dry fruits (0.92 t) and seed yield
(143.68 kg) were given from F
0
S
3
and F
0
S
Considering the yield of dry fruits
and seed per hectare, F3 (½ Vermicompost + ½ N
1.
110
P
170
K
) along
with S
2
100
(60 cm × 45 cm) could be the best production package for the
production of chilli.
Description:
A Thesis
submitted to the Institute of Seed Technology,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
SEED TECHNOLOGY
