Green Global
Foundation   Journal
...an emerging window for scientific research and publication across the globe

EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND YIELD UNDER TOMATO-MUNGBEAN-T. AMAN CROPPING PATTERN (Pages : 58 - 62)

A field experiment was conducted for three consecutive years to observe the effect of tillage and integrated nutrient management on soil physical properties and yield under tomato-mungbean- T. aman cropping pattern during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 at BARI, Gazipur. There were nine treatment combinations comprising three tillage practices i.e. T1: tillage up to 8 cm depth, T2: tillage up to 12 cm depth and T3: tillage up to 20 cm depth and three levels of fertilizers i.e. F1: recommended dose of chemical fertilizers only, F2: cowdung @ 5 t ha-1 + (Recommended dose of chemical fertilizers-nutrients from cow dung) and F3: native fertility (no fertilizer used) were tested in a split-plot design with three replications. Soil bulk density, particle density, porosity and field capacity were not significantly affected by tillage and organic and inorganic fertilizers but soil moisture significantly influenced by both treatments. The crop yields were significantly influenced by different treatment combinations of organic and inorganic fertilization but not by tillage practices. The combined effect of tillage and organic and inorganic fertilizers was non- significant in all aspects. Download