Abstract:
The experiment was conducted during the period from March 2020 to July 2020 to
investigate the effect of integrated nutrient management on the growth and yield of
snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina L.) at the Horticultural Farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University (SAU), Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. The
experiment was laid out in the Randomized Complete Block Design with three
replications. A total of 11 nutrient combinations used in this experiment i.e. T
0
:
control (No organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer), T
1
: OM (CD
10
),
T
2
: N
80
P
35
(RDF), T
4
K
75
S
18
kg ha
: OM (CD
5
-1
(RDF) T
3
PM
5
V
2
t ha
-1
: OM (CD
5
) + N
80
P
35
PM
5
K
75
V
2
S
18
t ha
kg ha
-1
) + N
80
-1
+ Mg
7
PM
10
P
35
: OM
(CD
5
PM
5
V
2
t ha
-1
) + N
80
P
35
K
75
S
18
kg ha
-1
+ Zn
6
kg ha
-1
, T
6
: OM (CD
5
) +
N
80
P
35
K
75
S
18
kg ha
-1
+ B
2
kg ha
-1
,
T
7
: OM (CD
5
PM
5
V
2
t ha
-1
) + N
80
P
35
+
Zn
6
+ B
2
kg ha
-1
,
T
8
: OM (CD
5
PM
5
V
2
t ha
-1
) + N
80
P
35
K
75
S
18
kg ha
K
75
kg ha
-1
+
Zn
6
kg ha
-1
,
T
9
: OM (CD
5
PM
5
V
2
t ha
-1
) + N
80
P
35
K
75
S
18
kg ha
-1
+ Mg
7
kg
ha
-1
and
T
10
: OM (CD
5
PM
5
V
2
t ha
-1
) + N
80
P
35
K
75
S
18
kg ha
-1
+ Mg
7
PM
5
K
75
V
5
S
18
-1
,
V
2
S
18
+ Mg
7
kg ha
kg ha
kg
ha
-1
+ B
2
kg ha
-1
. All growth, reproductive and yield parameters viz. vine length,
number of leaves plant
-1
, leaf length, leaf breadth, days required to 1
male and
female flowering, number of male and female flowers plant
-1
, days to 1
fruit set,
days to 1
st
fruit harvest, fruit length, fruit diameter, number of fruits plant
, individual
fruit weight, fruit yield plot
-1
and fruit yield hectare
-1
showed positive effect with
different nutrient combinations. The highest yield (50.10 t ha
-1
) of snake gourd was
recorded from T
10
treatment while the lowest yield (14.72 t ha
-1
) was recorded from
T
0
treatment. The highest BCR (1.9) of snake gourd cultivation was recorded from T
10
treatment while the lowest BCR (1.01) was recorded from T
0
-1
st
-1
t ha
-1
kg ha
T
5
t ha
kg ha
-1
kg ha
-1
+ B
2
+ Zn
6
st
-1
-1
treatment.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
HORTICULTURE
