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Effect of Organic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Mango (2018-2019)

BABUL C. SARKER
Fruit Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur

M. J. HUSSAIN
Fruit Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur

J. GOMASTA
Fruit Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur

M. G. SAHA
Fruit Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study with three organic fertilizers i.e. vermicompost, tricocompost and cowdung along with the control (no fertilizer) was performed in order to produce safe and quality fruit at the Fruit Research Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, BARI, Gazipur during September 2018 to July 2019. In the vegetative characters, no significant variations were noticed with respect to canopy spread (N-S), length panicle, number of secondary branch per panicle but plant height, canopy spread (E-W), length of terminal shoot and number of leaves per terminal shoot differed significantly due to organic treatments. Vegetative growth was more in threatment vermicompost compared to other treatments. Though number of panicles per plant and number of fruit set per panicle on 15.03.19 were recorded maximum (313.7 and 31.1, respectively) in tricocompost, vermicompost treated plants gave higher number of fruits per panicle (0.9) which was identical to all other treatments, except control during harvest on 22.07.19. Vermicompost produced higher number of fruits (165.0), bigger fruits (321.7 g) and maximum yield (53.2 kg) per plant. Superiority was observed with respect to edible portion (79.6 %) and TSS (18.3 %) in tricocompost. Irrespective of kinds, organic fertilizers performed well in terms of number of fruits, fruit weight as well as yield and other traits over control.

Keywords: Mango lines, Mango, Fruit, Higher yield, Weeding, Ploughing, Irrigation, Organic fertilizers i.e. Cowdung, Vermicompost, Tricocompost

Location: Fruit Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-00-2018

End Date: 00-00-2019

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Mango

Objectives:

To produce safe and quality fruit of Mango

Methodology:

The experiment was carried out at the Fruit Farm of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur during September 2018 July 2019. The mango variety BARI Aam-4 was used in the study. The experiment was set following a randomized Complete Block Design with 3 replications. Three different organic fertilizers i.e. cowdung, vermicompost, tricocompost, each @ 35 kg/plant and control (no fertilizer) were included as treatments in the study. Adequate care and management of the plants in the experiment were taken as per requirement. Data on the following parameters; plant height, base girth, canopy spread, length of terminal shoot at flowering, number of leaves per terminal shoot at flowering, number of secondary branches per panicle, number of panicle per plant, date of first panicle appearance, date of full bloom, fruit retention at an interval of 7 days, fruit characters TSS and yield were recorded. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed with appropriate design of experiment (Gomez and Gomez, 1984) adopting a statistical package programme MSTAT-C. The treatment means were separated by Least Significant Difference (LSD) test at 5 % level of probability.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report 2018-2019, Fruit Research Farm of HRC, BARI, Gazipur

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Achievement/Findings:

Irrespective of kinds, all the organic fertilizers performed well in terms of number of fruits, fruit weight and yield over control. Vermicompost produced higher number of fruits (165.0), bigger fruits (321.7 g) and maximum yield (53.2 kg) per plant. Superiority was observed with respect to edible portion in tricocompost (79.6 %) and TSS (18.3 %). The experiment will be continued owing to confirm the result.

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