Author (s): M. A Kawochar*1, M. J. Ullah2, M. A. Salam3, K. H. Alam4 and M. R. Islam5
*Corresponding author, Email: kawocharpgrc@gmail.com
*Corresponding author, Email: kawocharpgrc@gmail.com
Abstract
An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy field, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka to evaluate the effect of sowing date and fertilizer on growth, dry matter partitioning and grain yield of faba bean during the period from October 2006 to March 2007. Three sowing dates (20 October, 15 November. and 10 December) and four fertilizer doses (6-20-20-15, 12-40-40-30, 18-60-60-45, 24-80-80-60 kg N P2O5 K2O S ha-1) were used as treatment variables. Individual effect of sowing date and fertilizer as well as their combined effect on growth, dry matter partitioning and grain yield were significant. The tallest plant (50.91cm) and the highest dry matter (4.12 t ha-1) was recorded in October 20 sown crop with 18-60-60–45 kg N P2O5 K2O S ha-1. The highest dry matter partitioning to grain (39.14%) and the highest grain yield (179.8 gm-2) were recorded in November 15 sown crop with 18-60-60–45 kg N P2O5 K2O S ha-1 while the lowest dry matter partitioning to grain (16.02%) and grain yield (1.88 g m-2) were recorded in December 10 sown crop with 6-20-20–15 kg N P2O5 K2O S ha-1.
Key words: Growth; Dry matter, Stover yield, Yield and Faba bean
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J. Expt. Biosci. 2(2): July 2011
Key words: Growth; Dry matter, Stover yield, Yield and Faba bean
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J. Expt. Biosci. 2(2): July 2011
