Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at the Agronomy farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka during March to June 2017 to study the effect of sowing methods and
variety on yield and yield components of sesame. The experiment comprised of four
varieties viz. BARI til 2, BARI til 3, BARI til 4 and
ii
Lal til (local) designed V
1,
and
V
4
respectively combined with three sowing methods named Broadcasting, Line
sowing and Line sowing on ridges designed M
1
, M
2
and M
3
. The experiment was laid
out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 3 replications. In terms of
varietal performance, the highest dry weight plant
-1
(27.35 g), number of capsules plant
(47.89), number of seeds capsule
-1
(62.34), seed weight plant
-1
(8.10 g), 1000 seed
weight (2.64 g), seed yield (1265.00 kg ha
-1
), stover yield (1601.33 kg ha
), oil yield
(550.80 kg ha
-1
) and harvest index (44.06%) were achieved from BARI til 4. All the
studied parameters were found lowest with Lal til (local). In case of sowing methods,
line sowing showed the best performance on dry weight plant
-1
(26.33 g), number of
capsule plant
-1
(42.94), number of seeds capsule
-1
(56.39), seed weight plant
(6.47 g),
1000 seed weight (2.55 g), seed yield (1103.70 kg ha
-1
-1
-1
), stover yield (1460.67 kg ha
),
oil yield (480.32 kg ha
-1
) and harvest index (42.67%). Broadcasting method showed the
lowest performance on the same parameters mentioned. On the other hand the interaction
of the variety with sowing methods, the highest dry weight plant
-1
(30.36 g), number of
capsules plant
-1
(56.33), number of seeds capsule
-1
(67.67), seed weight plant
(10.5 g),
1000 seed weight (2.75 g), seed yield (1368.00 kg ha
-1
-1
), stover yield (1635.00 kg ha
),
oil yield (598.10 kg ha
-1
) and harvest index (45.56%) were found from treatment
combination of V
3
M
2
where treatment combination of V
4
M
1
showed lowest results in
most of the cases.
