Abstract:
To study the effect of manure, zinc and boron on growth and yield of potato, an
experiment was conducted in the farm under the Department of Soil Science,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during the period from
November 2018 to February, 2019. The experiment was laid out into
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Single
factor was comprised with the study viz. T
1
ii
(100 kg N ha
-1
+ 35 kg P ha
+ 100
kgK ha
-1
+ 20 kgS ha
-1
), T
2
(T
1
+ 4 t CD ha
-1
), T
3
(T
1
+ 3 t PM ha
+ 5
kg Zn ha
-1
), T
5
(T
1
+ 5 kg Zn ha
-1
+ 2 kg B ha
-1
), T
6
(T
1
+ 4 t CD ha
+ 5 kg Zn
ha
-1
+ 2 kg B ha
-1
) and T
7
(T
1
+ 3 t PM ha
-1
+ 5 kg Zn ha
-1
-1
), T
4
-1
+ 2 kg B ha
). Data
were recorded on different growth, yield contributing parameters, yield of
potato and nutrient content in soil. Most of the parameters showed significant
difference among the treatment. Result revealed that most of the parameters
showed best results with the treatment T
6
(T
1
+ 4 t CD ha
-1
-1
-1
+ 5 kg Zn ha
+ 2
kg B ha
-1
) regarding growth and yield parameters and also nutrient content in
soil and this treatment showed highest dry weight of haulm hill
-1
(38.26 g), dry
weight of 100 g fresh tuber (20.32 g), number of tuber hill
-1
(8.12), tuber weight
hill
-1
(308.20 g), tuber yield ha
-1
(26.42 t) and stover yield ha
(20.44 t)
whereas T
1
(100 kg N ha
-1
+ 35 kg P ha
-1
+ 100 K kg ha
-1
-1
(T
1
-1
+ 20 S kg ha
)
showed lowest results regarding these parameters. So, it can be accomplished
that the treatment T
6
(T
1
+ 4 t CD ha
-1
+ 5 kg Zn ha
-1
+ 2 kg B ha
) can be
treated as the best compared to others.
