Abstract:
A pot experiment was conducted in the “Field Laboratory of Plant Stress
Management” in the Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka, during the period from October 2016 to March 2017. The
two factors experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design with
three
replications. Factor A is three tomato varieties viz. V
= BARI Tomato 8,
V
2
= BARI Tomato 14 and V
3
1
= BINA Tomato 4 and factor B is humic acid
treatment viz. H
0
= No humic acid (control), H
= 50 ppm soil application+50
ppm foliar spray and H
2
1
= 100 ppm soil application+100 ppm foliar spray. The
total
treatment combinations were (3×3) 9 and 8 dS/m salinity maintained for
all the pots. The experimental results exhibited that humic acid treatment
significantly affected growth, yield and quality parameters of tomato. The
highest plant height (80.55 cm), number of fruits per plant (63.22) and fruit
yield per plant (3.55 kg) were found from V
under 8 dS/m. In
case of humic
acid, the highest plant height (84.00 cm), number of fruits per
plant (63.33) and
fruit yield per plant (3.46 kg) were recorded from H
2
. Regarding the combined
effect, the highest plant height (87.33 cm), number of fruits per plant (75.00)
and fruit yield per plant (3.63 kg)
were found from V
2
2
H
treatment. So the
BARI Tomato-14 with 100 ppm soil application+100 ppm foliar spray of
2
humic acid
showed better performance for growth, yield and quality of tomato
under 8 dS/m saline condition.
Description:
A Thesis Submitted to
The Department of Horticulture
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for thedegree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
HORTICULTURE
SEMESTER: JANUARY – JUNE, 2018
