Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University farm,
Dhaka to study on growth and yield of sugar beet varieties as influenced by
spacing and sowing method during November, 2018 to May, 2019. Terrace
Soils under Tejgaon soil series. The experiment consisted of three factors.
Factor A: Two sugar beet variety viz., V
1
= Shubhra and V
= Cauvery; Factor B:
Three plant spacing viz., S
1
= 40 cm × 20 cm, S
2
2
= 50 cm × 20 cm and S
= 60 cm
× 20 cm and Factor C: Two sowing method viz., M
1
3
= Direct sowing and M
=
Transplanting. The experiment was laid out in 2×3×2 factorial design with three
replications. Plant height, leaves plant
-1
, beet length, beet girth, fresh shoot
weight, fresh beet weight, fresh weight of plant, total dry weight of plant and
yield were compared for different treatments. Results indicated that, variety,
plant spacing and method of sowing had significant influence on most of the
growth, yield and yield components of sugar beet. The maximum yield (76.33 t
ha
-1
) was obtained from sugar beet variety V
(Shubhra) and the minimum yield
(75.22 t ha
-1
) was obtained from V
2
1
(Cauvery). Under this investigation it was
revealed that the highest yield (77.63 t ha
-1
) was recorded with 50 cm × 20 cm
spacing and the lowest yield (73.69 t ha
-1
) was obtained from 40 cm × 20 cm
spacing. The maximum yield (78.37 t ha
-1
) was obtained from the sowing
method M
1
(Direct sowing) and the minimum yield (73.19 t ha
-1
) was obtained
from the sowing method M
2
(Transplanting). Variety V
(Shubhra) along with
plant spacing S
2
(50 cm × 20 cm) and sowing method M
1
(Direct sowing)
produced maximum yield (81.93 t ha
-1
1
) of sugar beet than variety V
(Cauvery)
along with plant spacing S
1
2
(40 cm × 20 cm) and sowing method M
(Transplanting) which produced (71.30 t ha
-1
) of sugar beet. So it was concluded
that variety V
1
(Shubhra) along with plant spacing S
(50 cm × 20 cm) and
sowing method M
1
2
(Direct sowing) could be the best production package for
sugar beet cultivation.
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
