Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at the “Horticulture Farm” in Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka during October 2019 to February 2020 to examine
growth and yield of tomatillo as influenced by planting time and macronutrients. The
experiment was set by taking two treatment factors. The treatment factors are: (A)
Planting time (three times) viz. T
1
= 02 November, T
II
2
= 12 November, and T
= 22
November; and (B) Macronutrients (four levels) viz. F
0
= N
0
P
0
K
=
N
Kg/ha.
There were 12
treatment combinations such as T
200
P
60
K
100
Kg/ha, F
2
= N
250
P
90
K
120
1
F
Kg/ha, F
0
, T
1
F
1
, T
3
= N
1
F
2
300
, T
1
P
F
3
120
, T
K
2
140
F
0
, T
2
F
1
, T
,
T
3
F
1
, T
3
F
2
, T
3
F
. The two factors experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete
Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Seeds of SAU tomatillo-1 were
collected from department of Genetics and plant breeding, SAU, Dhaka-1207. In case
of planting time, the maximum number of fruits per plant (37.06), fruit weight (42.7
g), yield per plant ( 2.04 kg) and per hectare ( 85.06 t) were obtained from T
3
(22
November). In case of macronutrients, the maximum number of fruits per plant
(47.26), fruit weight ( 48.47 g), yield per plant ( 2.75 kg) and per hectare ( 114.59 t)
were obtained from F1 (N
200
P
60
K
Kg/ha). Due to combined effect, the maximum
number of fruits per plant (49.66), fruit weight ( 55.64 g), yield per plant ( 2.94 kg)
and per hectare ( 122.84 t), vitamin C content (25.92 mg) were identified from T
100
(22 November with N
200
P
60
K
Kg/ha ) treatment combination and minimum
number of fruits per plant (14.0), fruit weight ( 24.69 g), yield per plant ( 0.5 kg) and
per hectare ( 20.85 t), vitamin C content (16.63 mg) were noted from T
100
(02
November with N
0
P
0
K
0
Kg/ha) treatment combination. So, the T
treatment
combination appeared to be the best for achieving the higher growth and yield of
tomatillo.
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
