Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at the “Horticulture Farm” of Sher -e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during December 2019 to May 2020 to
study the effect of different organic manures on growth and yield of horticultural crops
like mint, chilli and indian spinach. (7x4) sq feet vertical structure was used. Each
pocket contains 4 kg growing media. Long lasting and eco friendly geo textile cloth was
used to make pocket for crop plantation. Those pockets were attached with vertical
structure. The experiment consisted of one factor and these are T
1
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:Control; T
2
:2 kg
vermicompost and 2 kg soil per pocket; T
3
:1.5 kg vermicompost, 0.5 kg coco fibre and
2 kg soil per pocket and T
4
:2 kg kitchen compost and 2 kg soil per pocket. The
experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three
replications. Data were recorded on growth, yield components and yield of mint, chilli
and indian spinach and significant variation was observed for most of the studied
characters. In case of mint the highest production from individual plant was recorded
from T
3
(1.5 kg Vermicompost, 0.5 kg coco fibre and 2 kg soil per pocket) which was
151.40 g per plant. The lowest production from individual plant was recorded from T
1
(control) which was 80.00 g per plant. In case of chilli results revealed that the highest
fruit production (88.43 g) was obtained from T
3
(1.5 kg vermicompost, 0.5 kg coco
fibre and 2 kg soil per pocket) which was significantly different from others treatments.
On the other hand the lowest fruit production (24 g) was obtained from T
1
(control)
which was statistically similar to T
4
(2 kg kitchen compost and 2 kg soil per pocket) and
the yield was 29.67 g. In case of indian spinach the highest production from individual
plant was recorded from T
3
(1.5 kg vermicompost, 0.5 kg coco fibre and 2 kg soil per
pocket) which was 290.66 g. The lowest production from individual plant was recorded
from T
1
(control) which was 71.33 g.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
In Partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
HORTICULTURE
