Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted at the rooftop of Dr. M. A. Wazed Miah Research
Centre at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka1207,
Bangladesh
during
mid-November,
2021
to
mid-March,
2022
for
production
of
tomato
using soilless planting media on rooftop. BARI tomato-21 was used as
planting material in this study. The experiment consisted of four treatments: T
1
= Soil
(Control), T
2
= (Coconut coir chip 50%: Charcoal 50%), T
3
= Coconut coir chip 50%:
Pumice bricks (from Brick shards) 50%, T
4
= Coconut coir chip 50%: Perlite 50%.
The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three
(3) replications. Total 12 unit drums were made for the experiment for 4 treatments.
Data on different growth and yield parameter of tomato were recorded and significant
variation was recorded for different treatments. Different treatments used in rooftop
significantly affected on all studied parameters. The highest plant height (46.51,
61.193 and 88.74 cm), number of leaves plant
-1
(35.82, 40.39 and 66.38 cm) and
number of branches plant
-1
(6.27, 7.51 and 8.39) was found at 20, 40 and 60 DAT was
found in T
2
. The number of fruit plant
-1
and marketable fruitplant
-1
of tomato (27.10
and 24.38) at 60 DAT was found in T
2
(Coconut coir chip 50%: Charcoal 50%). The
highest fruit length and breadth (5.08 and 3.64 cm) at 60 DAT was found in T
2
. The
highest individual fruit weight (60.55 g) at 60 DAT was found in T
2
. The highest fruit
yield (1.68 kg plant
-1
and10.11 kg drum
-1
) was found in T
2
followed by T
4
.
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
IN
AGROFORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
