{"title":"Determination of Crop Co-efficient Values of Soybean ( Glycine max [L.] Merrill) by Lysimeter Study","authors":"A. Mila, A. Akanda, K. K. Sark","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31338","url":null,"abstract":"Local level calibration of crop coefficient (K c ) values is critical for regional level planning and allocation of water resources for irrigation. In this regard, an experiment was conducted at the Irrigation and Water Management Division of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, in order to estimate crop coefficient values of soybean under the local climatic condition. An improved crop variety- BARI Soybean-6 was used in this experiment. The crop was grown under four irrigation treatments, allowing irrigation at an interval of 10, 15, 20 and 25 days. The treatments were so designed that drainage was allowed between the consecutive irrigations. Irrigation at 15 days interval produced the highest seed yield of 1.26 t/ha and was considered to be suitable for estimating seasonal crop evapotranspiration (ET c ) and K c values. The seasonal highest cumulative ET c was 308.43 mm under this treatment. The K c values of soybean at initial, development, mid-season and late season stages were found as 0.67, 1.46, 1.59 and 0.62, respectively. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 14-23","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128738037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hussain, A. Karim, A. Solaiman, M. S. Islam, M. Rahman
{"title":"Effect of Urea Super Granule and Prilled Urea on Yield and Yield Attributes of Broccoli ( Brassica oleracea var. italica L.)","authors":"M. Hussain, A. Karim, A. Solaiman, M. S. Islam, M. Rahman","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31354","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was conducted at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur during 2010-2011 to determine the effects and economic performance of urea super granule (USG) and prilled urea (PU) in terms of growth and yield of broccoli and to find out the optimum and economic doses of USG and PU for broccoli in Shallow Red-Brown Terrace Soil under Madhupur Tract. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications having 17 treatment combinations constituted with different levels of urea super granule (USG) and prilled urea (PU). Result showed that yield of broccoli increased significantly with increasing rate of USG and PU. The treatments containing 160 kg N from USG and 180 kg N from PU exhibited the best performance on yield and yield contributing characters of broccoli having the head yield of 12.9 and 10.6 ton ha -1 , respectively. All the yield contributing characters and the economic profitability were favorably correlated with these high yield performing treatments. The performance of USG in terms of growth, yield and yield attributes, head quality (compactness coefficient) and economic profitability was found significantly higher as compared to that of PU. Therefore, USG @ 160 kg N ha -1 and PU @ 180 kg N ha -1 alongwith other recommended fertilizerscould be suggested for broccoli production in terms of yield and economics. From quadratic equation USG @ 163 and 160 kg N ha -1 and PU @ 169 and 160 kg N ha -1 alongwith other recommended fertilizerscould be suggested as optimum and economic doses for broccoli production in Silty Clay Loam Soil of Madhupur Tract. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 95-112","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129432669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Indole Butyric Acid on Raising Plants from Stem Cuttings of Tea ( Camellia sinensis L.) in The Nursery","authors":"M. E. Hoque","doi":"10.3329/agric.v14i2.31356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/agric.v14i2.31356","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was conducted at the central nursery of tea extension center of Bangladesh Tea Board in Bandarban during September to November, 2015 to determine the precise concentration of Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) on propagation through stem cuttings of tea. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with four treatments of IBA concentrations: 0 ppm (Control), 2000 ppm, 4000 ppm and 6000 ppm and each treatment was replicated four times. Basal part of tea (BT-2 variety) cuttings were dipped in different IBA concentrations for five seconds. Then these cuttings were dibbled into prepared soil mixture as rooting media. Cuttings were exposed to the rooting media for 90 days and then they all were removed carefully to assess the variation of establishment of cuttings. IBA treated cuttings showed better effect on the rooting rate, root length, root number, shoot length and survival rate compared to the control. It was noted that cuttings treated with 4000 ppm IBA produced the highest rooting rate 79.85%, the highest survival rate 57.60% and the highest root length of 4.85 cm followed by treatment 6000 ppm IBA. In case of all parameters, effects of the treatments 4000 ppm and 6000 ppm of IBA were statistically similar. Positive and strong correlation was observed both in rooting rate versus survival rate and root length versus shoot length in IBA treated cuttings. Thus, IBA at 4000 ppm concentration was recommended for establishment of stem cuttings of tea (BT-2 variety) in the nursery. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 124-129","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125318830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ali, Salamat Khandker, Joti Lal Barua, A. Akbar, Mahfuz Ali
{"title":"Role of Agriculture for Choline Intake by Pregnant Women in Bangladesh","authors":"S. Ali, Salamat Khandker, Joti Lal Barua, A. Akbar, Mahfuz Ali","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31353","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to draw linkage between intake pattern of Choline and nutritional status of pregnant women in 3 rd trimester and assess the contribution of agriculture retrospectively to increase its intake. Retrospective data was therefore, collected from United States Development Agency (USDA) data base on Choline content of common vegetable products of Bangladesh. Recommended Choline intake for the pregnant women in 3 rd trimester is 450mg/day. The present study conducted using 24 hours recall method revealed that average Choline intake among the study respondents was 317 mg/day which meet 71 percent of the requirement. Majority (72.7%) of the women took Choline below the recommended level (450 mg/day). It is remarkable that 56.7, 55.3 and 52.0% of the pregnant women were deficient in calorie, protein and fat intake respectively. This study found that 54% respondents’ mothers were within normal Body Mass Index (BMI) while 33% were overweight, 5.3% were underweight and 8.0% were obese. Choline intake status was poor among the pregnant women commencing delivery complication and indicating high prevalence of mental retardation for newborn. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 86-94","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123484810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Sikder, M. Haque, R. Jodder, T. Kumar, D. Mondal
{"title":"Polythene Mulch and Irrigation for Mitigation of Salinity Effects on Maize ( Zea mays L.)","authors":"M. Sikder, M. Haque, R. Jodder, T. Kumar, D. Mondal","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31336","url":null,"abstract":"A pot experiment was conducted at the net house of Patuakhali Science and Technology University during rabi season 2014-15 to estimate the contribution of polythene mulch and irrigation on reducing of salinity effect on maize ( Zea mays L.). The experiment was laid out in a three factors randomized complete block design with three replications. The factors were salinity (two levels: without and 5 dS/m salinity), mulch (two levels: without and with polythene mulch) and irrigation (three levels: 125, 250 and 500 ml water/irrigation). BARI hybrid maize-7 was the test crop. Every pot received the same amount of fertilizer nutrients. Crops were harvested at tassel initiation stage. Mulch increased soil temperature by 2 to 4.5°C (with average of 3.1°C) over without mulch. In without mulch condition, salinity reduced shoot fresh and dry, and root fresh and dry weight by 28.3, 10.3, 39.4 and 30.6%, respectively. In with mulch condition, however, these reductions were 1.0, 7.2, 12.3 and 12.1 %, respectively. Polythene mulch reduced salinity induced reduction of the above parameters by 96.5, 30.1, 68.8 and 60.5 %, respectively. Under 125, 250 and 500 ml water/irrigation treatment, salinity reduced shoot fresh weight by 14.2, 19.3 and 6.7 %, respectively; shoot dry weight by 15.4, 6.6 and 5.0 %, respectively; and root fresh weight by 27.5, 20 and 11.6 %, respectively. Thus, the effect of salinity in maize was gradually decreased with the increasing amounts of irrigation water. Soil salinity reduced phosphorus and increased sulphur content in maize plants. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 01-13","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"453 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116076553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Khatun, M. Quais, A. Begum, M. A. Saleque, M. Bhuiya
{"title":"Response of Medium and Long Duration Boro Rice Variety (Oryza sativa L.) to Nitrogen Fertilizer","authors":"A. Khatun, M. Quais, A. Begum, M. A. Saleque, M. Bhuiya","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31347","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was conducted during November 2009-April 2010 in Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh to examine the response of two rice ( Oryza sativa L.) varieties (BRRIdhan28 and BRRI dhan29) to six N rates of nitrogen fertilizer viz. 0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 kg ha -1 . The experiment was conducted in a RCB design with three replications. Grain yields of both BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29 increased significantly in a quadratic fashion with N rates. The highest grain yields were obtained from 150 kg N ha -1 in both the varieties. More than 1 t ha -1 yield was obtained in BRRI dhan29 (6.34 t ha -1 ) at the same rate of N indicated BRRI dhan29 as a nitrogen efficient variety. However, the predicted economic optimum doses of N appeared to be 156 and 158 kg ha -1 for BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29, respectively. The grain yield was mainly influenced by the number of panicles per hill, which was found to increase with the increase of N rates in both the varieties. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 48-60","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114319725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successive Intercropping of Potato and Mungbean with Sugarcane","authors":"S. Islam, M. Islam","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I2.31351","url":null,"abstract":"The experiment was carried out at the Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI) farm at Ishurdi, Pabna, Bangladesh during2008-2009 and 2009-2010to investigate the growth and yield of main crop sugarcane, and companion crops potato and mungbean as successive intercrops. Row to row spacing (RRS) of sugarcane were 80 (S 1 ), 100 (S 2 ) and 120 cm (S 3 ) and sugarcane was intercropped with 1, 2 and 3 rows of potato as 1st intercrop and followed by mungbean with same row ratio as 2 nd intercrop. Sugarcane and companion crops potato and mungbean were cultivated following the cultivation methods of BSRI and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), respectively. To provide more light to intercrops bended leaves of sugarcane on both sides of rows were cut at middle and compared with non-cutting of leaves in respect of growth and yield of main crop and intercrops as well. The total dry matter production, cane yield and sugar yield were the highest at 120 cm RRS of sugarcane (non-leaf cutting=C 0 ) intercropped with 3 rows of potato followed by 3 rows of mungbean (S 3 C 0 ). The number of tiller and millable canes, and leaf area index (LAI) were the highest at 80 cm RRS of sugarcane (C 0 ) with one row of potato and one row of mungbean (S 1 C 0 ). The effect of light interception on growth and yield of first intercrop (potato) was insignificant whereas it was significant for second intercrop. Yield of mungbean (2 nd intercrop) and light interception ratio (%) was the lowest in S 3 C 1 where sugarcane RRS was 120 cm + 3 R potato followed by 3 R mungbean with leaf cutting (LC). The results of the experiment indicated that sugarcane transplanted at RRS of 120 cm with 3 rows of potato followed by 3 rows of mungbean can be grown as intercrops for increased yield of sugarcane as well as for increased cropping intensity and might be recommended for farmers practice in High Ganges River Flood Plain soils under AEZ 11 of Bangladesh. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(2) 67-76","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127839196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural Plant Products as Eco-friendly Fungicides for Plant Diseases Control- A Review","authors":"M. Zaker","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I1.29111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I1.29111","url":null,"abstract":"The use of chemical pesticides for controlling various plant diseases is still a common practice especially in developing countries. Although with the application of chemical fungicides, plant diseases can be controlled but the hazardous impacts of such products in human health and environment are well known. Moreover, with their excess applications pest resistance may exist. Natural plant products have been found effective in plant disease managements and could be safely incorporated as suitable alternatives for synthetic fungicides. It is estimated that there are more than 250,000 higher plant species on earth that can be evaluated for their antimicrobial bioactive chemical compounds. During last several decades researchers have evaluated plant extracts and oils against plant pathogens, valuable results have been achieved and some commercially botanical formulations have been prepared and marketed. If we are supposed to move toward production of safer agricultural products, more attention and effort are still needed for production of more commercially botanical fungicides in the near future. The organic agriculture cannot rely on a limited number of commercially pesticides of natural origin, therefore it seems that more researches in formulating more commercially botanical products as fungicides are still needed. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(1) 134-141","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132994542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mokhlesur M. Rahman, M. Patwary, H. Barua, S. Nahar, A. Ahmmed
{"title":"Evaluation of Yield and Quality of Three Jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) Genotypes","authors":"Mokhlesur M. Rahman, M. Patwary, H. Barua, S. Nahar, A. Ahmmed","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I1.29108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I1.29108","url":null,"abstract":"Yield and quality performances of three jackfruit genotypes were studied at the Agricultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Pahartali, Chittagong during 2013-2014. Age, growth, maturity period, yield potential and also qualitative characteristics were compared among them. Based on overall performance with respect to bearing potential, maturity period, fruit and bulb characters, the genotypes AHPah-1 have been found promising for table purpose followed by AHPah-2 and AHPah-3. Minimum days (117) to 1 st harvest were observed in AHPah-1. The number of fruits per plant was exceedingly higher (73) in AHPah-1 whereas minimum number (41) was found in AHPah-2. Maximum weight (8.40 kg) per fruit was observed in AHPah-2 and minimum was in AHPah-1(3.40 kg). The highest single fruit length (37.25cm) was found in AHPah-2 and breadth (27.00cm) was produced by AHPah-3. Maximum number of bulbs (116) was produced in AHPah-1, whereas minimum (63.00) was in AHPah-3. Maximum weight of bulbs per fruit (4.24 kg) was produced in AHPah-2. Individual bulb weight was higher (54.42g) in AHPah -2 whereas, the lowest (16.71) was in AHPah-1. Edible portion was higher (69.27%) in AHPah-1 whereas, the lowest (53.43%) was in AHPah-3. The TSS was the highest (21.00%) in AHPah-1. The highest bulb length and breadth was found in AHPah-3. Highest seeds weight (639g) was produced in AHPah-2. Individual seed weight (8.19 g) was higher in AHPah-2. Therefore, the genotypes can be included in the variety development program after comparing with the already BARI released jackfruit variety. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(1) 107-111","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122079537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation and Economic Analysis of Some Integrated Pest Management Packages for Suppressing Tube Spittle bug ( Machaerota planitiae Distant) Infesting Jujube ( Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk), in North-Western Bangladesh","authors":"M. Prodhan, M. Noman, M. Hasan, M. Maleque","doi":"10.3329/AGRIC.V14I1.29100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/AGRIC.V14I1.29100","url":null,"abstract":"To develop a suitable integrated pest management (IPM) package(s) against tube spittle bug attacking jujube, the study was conducted at the farmer’s orchard at Sherpur Upazilla of Bogra district, Bangladesh during the two consecutive winter seasons of 2011-12 and 2012-13. There were five IPM packages viz., P 1 = Clean cultivation + collection and destruction of tube with alive nymph from the branches, P 2 =P 1 + two sprays of Detergent @ 2gl -1 of water applied (at initial stage of infestation and 10 days after 1 st spray), P 3 =P 1 + two sprays of crushed Neem seed extract @ 150 gl -1 of water (at initial stage of infestation and 10 days after 1 st spray), P 4 =P 1 + sprays of Cypermethrin @ 1 mll -1 of water at initial stage of infestation, P 5 =P 4 + one additional spray of Cypermethrin @ 1mll -1 at 10 days after 1 st spray and an untreated control. In both the years, treatment P 5 was found most effective, which resulted lower damage to inflorescence and produced higher yield, followed by P 4 and P 3. In case of marginal benefit cost ratio, the highest value (15.69 & 20.63) was obtained from the treatment P 5 which was closely followed by P 4 (15.07 &20.12) in both of years, respectively. The Agriculturists 2016; 14(1) 54-62","PeriodicalId":322702,"journal":{"name":"The Agriculturists","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129283395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}