Abstract:
Cauliflower is one of the most important winter vegetable which can be grown in
agroforestry system. An experiment was done to find out the effect of planting
distances on growth, yield and yield attributing characters of cauliflower with four
year old of Moringa tree. Randomized Complete Block Design was followed
comprising of four treatments namely T
1
ii
, T
2
, T
3
and T
4
(50, 100, 150 cm distance
from Moringa tree base and open field) with four replications. Maximum number of
leaves (15.20), stem diameter (1.45 cm), full weight (753.68 g), curd weight (421.18
g), dry (19.98 g) weight of leaves, fresh weight of root (24.45 g) etc. were found in T
4
treatment. The lowest number of leaves (13.65), leaf length (31.23 cm), full weight
(459.03 g), curd weight (290.58 g), fresh (155.23 g) and dry (13.53 g) weight of
leaves were found in T
1
treatment. The second highest results were found in T
3
treatment such as leaf length (32.50 cm), leaf breadth (13.68 cm), stem diameter (1.30
cm), full weight (638.45 g), curd weight (391.85 g) etc. The highest Land Equivalent
Ratio (LER) was found in T
3
treatment which was 1.89 and higher planting distance
had positive correlation with almost all parameters. Estimated model predicted that
optimum proximity of cauliflower from four year old Moringa tree would be
approximately 250 cm. Hence, indicating farmer may cultivate cauliflower in
association with four year old Moringa tree maintaining 250 cm distance (T
3
).
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
