NUTRIENT COMBINATION WITH BIOCHAR: IMPROVING YIELD AND QUALITY OF JUTE SEED

Md. Abu Sadat (), Syed Nazrul Islam, Md. Lutfar Rahman, Md. Zablul Tareq, Bornali Mostofa, Md. Meftahul Karim and Abida Sultana
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Md. Abu Sadat: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Syed Nazrul Islam: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Md. Lutfar Rahman: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Md. Zablul Tareq: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Bornali Mostofa: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Md. Meftahul Karim: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Abida Sultana: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA), 2020, vol. 5, issue 1, 43-50

Abstract: Plants are naturally growing on the soil without hampering the eco-friendly environment. Intensive cultivation of crops with high yielding verities (HYV) hampering the soil health resulting unfertile soil. In addition, frequent uses of chemicals as well as overdose of synthetic fertilizer creating hazardous environment for the living things. However, to meet up the demand of foods as well as other basic requirements of increasing population of the world crop cultivation techniques need to be modernized. To overcome this situation, application of organic fertilizer need to apply regularly. Biochar can be a good source of organic fertilizer and it is currently using to improve the soil health globally. To examine the effect of biochar on jute growth and yield an experiment was set up in two different locations (Jute Agriculture Experimental Station (JAES), Manikganj, and Jute Research Sub Station (JRSS), Jashore of Bangladesh) during the period from August to December, 2019. Results revealed that location (JAES) had significant and positive effect on jute physiology and seed yield and as well as seed quality. Among fourteen treatments, treatment T2 (Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF)) showed the highest plant height (163.5 cm), base diameter (7.44 mm) and pod per plant (16.5) compare to the rest treatments. Treatment T6 (RDF 75% + 25% biochar@3.0tonha-1) showed the best seed weight (2.13 g) and seed yield/ plant (3.98 g) among all treatments. Interaction among treatments and locations, T2 x L2 affected seed germination (99%) and field emergence (92.33%) positively. From this research it was cleared that biochar alone may not enough but combination is required for improving jute seed yield and quality.

Keywords: Biochar; location; jute growth; seed yield; seed quality and seed germination. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.26480/mjsa.01.2021.43.50

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