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EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TREE LEAF LITTERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA IN MODHUPUR FOREST SOIL (Pages : 55 - 60)

A pot experiment was conducted in the open net house of the department of Agricultural chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, during 20th March to 15th July 2006, to study the effects of different tree leaf litters and chemical fertilizer on the growth and yield of Okra in Modhupur soil. The experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications and twelve treatments viz. T1: Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis), T2: Bohera (Terminalia bellirica), T3: Gamer (Gmelina arborea), T4: Chemical fertilizer, T5: Sal (Shorea robusta) and T6: Control (No leaf litter i.e. soil only) and also two varieties were V1: Local dherosh and V2: BARI dherosh-1. All the leaf litters were applied @ 20 ton per hectare and recommended dose (N69 P30 K60 S20 kg ha-1) of chemical fertilizers. Different leaf litter had significant effect on the growth and yield of Okra. The performance of BARI dherosh-1 was better than local variety. Among the treatments fertilizer gave highest (13.08) yield and the lowest (5.79 t ha-1) in control treatment. Considering the interaction effect TFV2 gave highest yield (14.78) and the lowest (5.76 t ha-1) in TAV1 treatment.Download