Abstract:
The research work was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Farm, Dhaka
during the Rabi season of November, 2019 to March, 2020 to study the effects of
phosphorus (P) and boron (B) on the growth and yield of mungbean. Two factor
experiments with Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was followed with 9
treatments (P
0
B
0,
P
1
B
0,
P
0
B
1,
P
0
B
2,
P
2
B
0,
P
1
B
1,
P
1
B
ii
2,
P
2
B
1
and
P
2
B
2
where P
,
P
1
: 25 kg P ha
-1
, P
2
: 50 kg P ha
-1
, B
0
: 0 kg B ha
-1
, B
1
: 1.5 kg B ha
-1
and B
)
and replicated thrice. All of the growth and yield parameters of mungbean was
significantly affected and increased with increasing levels of P and B. The tallest plant
(66.63 cm), maximum number of leaves plant
(2.53), number of pods plant
-1
-1
0
2
: 0 kg P ha
: 3 kg B ha
(13.87), number of branches plant
(9.21), pod length (13.67 cm) , number of seeds pod
(12.80) were found in P2B2 treatment combination and all the results were statistically
similar with P
1
B
1
treatment. the interaction effect of P
2
B
treatment results the hiegest
weight of l000-seed (41.02 g), the highest seed yield (1.26 t ha
2
-1
) and the maximum
stover yield (2.33 t ha
-1
) those were statistically similar with P
1
B
treatment. The results
of this research work indicated that the plants performed better in P
1
2
B
treatment over the
control treatment (P
0
B
0
2
) and it was also observed that statistically similar results were
found in P
1
B
treatment and cost effective as well. So, It can be therefore, concluded
from the above study that the treatment P
1
1
B
1
(P@25 kg ha
-1
and B @ 1.5 kg ha
) was
found to the most suitable treatment combination for the higher yield of mungbean in
shallow Red Brown Terrace Soils of Bangladesh.
