Abstract:
An experiment was carried out at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka,
Bangladesh during the period from March to June 2022 to study the effect of phosphorus
and zinc levels on yield and seed quality of mungbean. Three varieties of mungbean viz.,
BARI Mung-6 (V
1
), BARI Mung-7 (V
2
) and Binamoog-8 (V
3
) were combined with five
P+Zn treatments viz., control treatment RDF+No P+Zn (F
0
), 75% of RDF P+Zn (F
1
), RDF
of P+Zn (F
2
), 125% of RDF P+Zn (F
3
) and 150% of RDF P+Zn (F
4
) laid out in Randomized
Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Among different varieties of
mungbean, V
3
(Binamoog-8) gave the best performance and showed maximum seed yield
(1.46 t ha
-1
) and germination percentage (92.14%) compared to V
1
(BARI Mung-6) and V
2
(BARI Mung-7) varieties. Among the P+Zn treatments, F
4
(150% of P+Zn) showed the
highest seed yield (1.51 t ha
-1
) and germination percentage (94.71%) compared to other
treatments. Regarding, combined effected of variety and P+Zn treatments, the highest
number of primary branches plant
-1
(3.63), number of pods plant
-1
(26.48), pod length (9.55
cm), number of seeds pods
-1
(11.13), 1000 seed weight (51.42 g), grain yield (1.66 t ha
),
stover yield (2.22 t ha
-1
) and germination percentage (95.81%) were recorded from the
treatment combination of V
3
F
4
(Binamoog-8 + 150% of RDF P+Zn) whereas the lowest
results were obtained from the treatment combination of V
2
F
0
. So, it may be concluded that
the variety V
3
(Binamoog-8) combined with the treatment F
4
(150% of RDF P+Zn) was
the best regarding growth, yield contributing parameters, seed yield and also quality
parameters compared to other treatment combinations.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Institute of Seed Technology,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
In Partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
SEED TECHNOLOGY
