EFFECT OF ORGANJC MANURE AND SPACING ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CARROT (Daucus carota L)

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at the farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. Dhaka to evaluate the effect of organic manure and spacing on the growth and yield of carrot during November 2007 to February 2008. The experiment comprised of two factors such as (i) four organic manure Viz. T O (control), T (Cowdung), 12 (Poultry manure ), T (Vermicompost) and (ii) three spacings viz. S1 (25 cm xlO cm), S2 (25 cm x 15 cm) and 53 (25 cm respectively. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. In case of organic manure, the highest yield (33.36 t/ha) was recorded from T1 and the lowest yield (23.72 t/ha) was from case of spacing, the highest yield (32.75 t/ha) was obtained from S2 and the lowest yield (24.64 t/ha) was from S3. For combined effect, the maximum yield (35.98 t/ha) was observed from the treatment combination of 5211 and the minimum yield (18.78 t/ha) was from S 3T0 . It may be concluded that cowdung with 25 cm 15 cm spacing can be used to obtain higher growth and yield of carrot.