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INTEGRATED USE OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS FOR MAXIMIZING THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF BORO RICE (cv. BRRI dhan28) (Pages : 7 - 11)

A study was conducted at the Soil Science Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during Boro season of 2012 to evaluate the effect of combined use of manures and fertilizers for maximizing the growth and yield of BRRI dhan28. The experimental soil was silt loam in texture. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments include T0 [Control], T1 [Soil Test Basis-Chemical Fertilizer], T2 [(Cowdung) + STB-CF], T3 [(Poultry Manure) + STB-CF], T4 [(Compost) + STB-CF], and T5 [Farmer’s practice]. The recommended doses of N, P, K, S and Zn were 120, 15, 50, 15 and 2 kg ha-1, respectively. The cowdung, poultry manure and compost were used @ 5, 3 and 5 t ha-1, respectively. Application of manures and fertilizers significantly increased the yield attributes like plant height, panicle length, effective tillers hill-1, grains panicle-1 and grain and straw yields of BRRI dhan28. The maximum grain yield of 5651 kg ha-1 and straw yield of 6572 kg ha-1 were recorded in T3 [ (PM) + STB-CF]. The lowest grain and straw yields were found for T0 (Control) treatment. The NPKS content and uptake in BRRI dhan28 were also influenced significantly due to integrated use of manures and fertilizers. The performance of the treatment T3 was better than T1, T2 and T4 in producing the yield of grain and straw of BRRI dhan28 although they received the same amount of nutrients. So, the treatment T3 [(Poultry Manure) + STB-CF] can be used for the successful cultivation of BRRI dhan28.Download