Abstract:
An experiment was carried out at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Agronomy
field, Dhaka to investigate the yield and economics of mungbean as influenced by
organic and inorganic fertilizer management during the period from October to
December, 2018. The experiment comprised 12 different treatments with organic and
inorganic fertilizer and their combinations viz., F
1
= Recommended Dose of Fertilizer
(NPKSZnB), F
2
= Vermicompost + 50% Recommended Dose of Fertilizer
(NPKSZnB) , F
3
= Vermicompost + 75% Recommended Dose of Fertilizer
(NPKSZnB), F
4
= Vermicompost , F
5
= Vermicompost + PK, F
6
= Vermicompost +
NK, F
7
= Vermicompost + NPK, F
8
= Vermicompost + NP, F
9
= 50 % Vermicompost
+ 50 % Recommended Dose of Fertilizer ( NPKSZnB ), F
10
= Vermicompost +
NPKB, F
11
= Vermicompost + B, F
12
= Control (no fertilizer). The experiment was
laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The
variety, BARI Mung-6 was used in this experiment as the test crop. Plant height,
branches plant
-1
, nodules plant
-1
, pods plant
-1
, pod length, seeds pod
-1
, weight of 1000
seed, seed yield, stover yield, biological yield and harvest index, economics analysis
were tested under different treatments. Results revealed that, F
3
treatment produced
higher pod length (9.81 cm), number of pod plant
-1
(9.53), number of seeds pod
(11.27), 1000- seed weight (71.90 g), seed yield (1.87 t ha
-1
), stover yield (3.14 t ha
),
Biological yield (5.01 t ha
-1
). The treatments F
2
and F
9
also showed statistically
similar results in respect of yield and yield contributing characters. The highest and
comparable net returns was obtained with the application of vermicompost + 75%
RDF (Tk. 90778 ha
-1
) followed by Recommended Dose of Fertilizer (Tk. 69359 ha
).
The treatment influenced significantly on most of the growth, yield parameters of
mungbean. Application of Vermicompost and 75% RDF (F
3
) treatment could be the
best fertilizer management for cultivation of mungbean for higher yield.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRONOMY
