Effect of variety and nutrient sources on growth and yield of broccoli in southern belt of Bangladesh

Mohammad Imran Hossain 1 , Mohammad Ali 2 , Md. Nazmul Hasan Mehedi 3 , Mahmudul Hasan 4 , Mohammad Joyel Sarkar 5 , Nowrin Islam Toma 6

1   Department of Horticulture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, BANGLADESH
2   Department of Horticulture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, BANGLADESH
3   Horticulture Division, Bangladesh, Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, BANGLADESH
4   Department of Horticulture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, BANGLADESH
5   Horticulture Division, Bangladesh, Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, BANGLADESH
6   Department of Agricultural Economics, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, BANGLADESH

✉ Coressponding author: See PDF.

doi https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0503012

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Abstract

Ongoing use of synthetic fertilizers affects soil structure. Organic manures can serve as an alternative to synthetic fertilizers. The study evaluated performance of five different types of nutrient sources (T0 =control, T1 = Urea @ 250 kg/ha, TSP @ 150 kg/ha, MoP @ 200 kg/ha, T2 = Cowdung @ 25 t/ha, T3 = Vermi compost @ 5 t/ha, T4 = fermented plant juice @ 500 ml/ha and T5 =Liquid fertilizer (Flora: consists of 20% nitrobenzene) @ 200 ml/ha) on growth and yield of broccoli, cvs. “V1=Known You” and “V2=Early Green”. Yield and yield contributing parameters such as plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaves fresh weight, length of stem, stem diameter, stem fresh weight, days taken for primary curd initiation, curd diameter, fresh weight of primary curd, no. of secondary curd per plant, fresh weight of secondary curd and yield per plot as well as hectare were measured in this experiment. In case of variety, the highest yield/plot 5.83kg and yield/ha 20.23 tons were recorded from “Early green”. Considering the nutrient factor, the highest curd weight (290.4g) per plant and yield/plot (5.01kg) were found in fermented plant juice nutrient sources. The highest benefit cost ratio BCR (3.21:1) was found in V2T4, among all other treatment combinations in respect of net return (Tk. 228934.97/ha) through the use of  fermented plant juice. Therefore, it can be concluded that fermented plant juice @ 500 ml/hacan be used to improve vegetative growth, and yield quality and quantity, and the broccoli cv. “Early Green” appears to be the best of the cultivars tested.

Keywords:

Broccoli, Fermented plant juice, Nutrient, Variety, Yield

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2020-09-25

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Hossain, M. I., Ali, M., Mehedi, M. N. H., Hasan, M., Sarkar, M. J., & Toma, N. I. (2020). Effect of variety and nutrient sources on growth and yield of broccoli in southern belt of Bangladesh . Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 5(3), 313-319. https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0503012

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