EFFECT OF LEAF CLIPPING AND VARIETY ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUNGBEAN

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at the research plot of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Farm, Dhaka during the period from February 2017 to June 2017 to study the effect of leaf clipping and variety on growth and yield of mungbean. The treatment consisted of two leaf clipping viz. C o =No leaf clipping (control), C 1 =Leaf clipping (Removal of leaves having no inflorescence) and six mungbean varieties viz. V 1 ii

= BARI Mung-1, V 2 = BARI Mung-2, V 3 = BARI Mung-3, V 4 = BARI Mung-4, V 5 = BARI Mung-5, V 6 = BARI Mung-6. The experiment was laid out in a two factors randomized complete block design (RCBD) design with three replications. Leaf clipping,vaiety and their interaction had significant influence on growth, yield and yield components of mungbean. The tallest plant was obtained from removal of empty leaf with BARI Mung-3.The highest pod length (9.88 cm), number of pods plant -1 (17.13), number of seeds pod -1 (12.58), thousand seed weight (55.52 g) was obtained from leaf clipping with BARI Mung-6 treatment. The highest seed yield (1.61 t ha -1 ) was obtained from BARI Mung6

with leaf clipping treatment combination while the lowest (0.78 t ha ) from BARI Mung-1 with control treatment. The most of the parameters gave the best performance which was achieved from BARI Mung-6. Again, leaf clipping showed the best performance regarding most of the yield and yield contributing parameters. In case of combined effect, BARI Mung-6 and removal of empty leaf clipping gave the best result considering yield and yield contributing parameters.