EFFECT
OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON THE GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND SEED QUALITY OF BUSH BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
T. Mostarin*, F. Hossain, S. R. Saha
and S. M. A. Zaman
*Corresponding
author, Email: mostarin06@yahoo.com
Abstract
The
experiment was conducted at the research farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Sher-e- Bangla nagar, Dhaka, during October 2008 to April 2009 to
examine the effect of micronutrients on the growth and seed yield of bush
bean. Four levels of Zn (0, 15, 25 and
35 kg ha-1) four levels of B (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kg ha-1)
four levels of Mn (0, 5, 10 and15 kg ha-1) and four levels of Mo (0,
0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kg ha-1) fertilizers formed 14 treatments.
Micronutrients showed significant effect on plant height, number of branch,
Chlorophyll a and b, pods per plant, seed per pod, seed yield. The highest seed
yield (5.11 t ha‑1) were obtained from T3 (Zn25B1.0Mn10Mo1.0
kgha-1) treatment and the lowest (3.11 t ha-1) from
T14 (Zn0B0Mn0Mo0 kgha-1)
treatment. Micronutrients did not show any significant effect on protein
content of seed and seed germination% but it showed significant effect on seed
vigour. The highest seed vigour of bush bean (7.27) was observed from T9
(Zn25B1.0Mn5.0Mo1.0 kgha-1)
treatment and the lowest (5.11) in T3 (Zn25B1.0Mn10Mo1.0
kg ha-1) treatment.
Key words: Bush bean, micronutrient, seed yield and seed
quality
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