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COMPARATIVE PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS BETWEEN LOCAL AND HIGH YIELDING VARIETY OF POTATO IN MUNSHIGANJ DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH
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of
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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSPotato is a vital crop in Bangladesh, with the country being the fourth-largest producer
in Asia. It is contributing significantly to the country's economy and food security. The
sample frame for this research was purposively chosen to include areas with extensive
potato farming. A sample size of 80 farmers who cultivated potato in Munshiganj
district was chosen. This research aimed to investigate the socio-demographic profile
of potato farmers, assess the comparative profitability and resource use efficiency of
hybrid and local varieties of potatoes, and identify the problems faced by farmers during
potato cultivation. The research found that high yielding variety potato cultivation was
more profitable than local variety potato cultivation, with an undiscounted benefit cost
ratio of 1.20 compared to 1.02 for local variety potato cultivation. The study also found
that all the inputs were overutilized. The constrains in potato production and marketing
include high rotting rate during storage, low price of output, high cost of storage
facilities, scarcity of quality seed, problems of middlemen in the market, lack of modern
cultivation knowledge, and unavailability of credit and extension services. The
government has implemented policies such as providing fertilizer and seed subsidies
and creating potato storage facilities to help potato growers
CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIBIOGRAM STUDY OF SOME PATHOGENIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM FERMENTED DAIRY PRODUCTS IN DHAKA CITY
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DAIRY SCIENCEThis study aimed to investigate the microbiological quality of various fermented dairy
products by isolating different pathogenic bacteria and antibiogram study. A total of 50
samples consisting packaged (n=30) and non-packaged (n=20) were aseptically
collected and subjected to microbiological analysis. The samples were cultured on
selective media to isolate and identify pathogenic bacteria based on morphological,
biochemical, microscopic and molecular characteristics and finally antibiogram study
was done for the isolated bacteria. From the study, it was found that the dahi had the
highest titratable acidity, with mean values of 1.003%, while lassi, matha, and burhani
had lower mean values of 0.51%, 0.63%, and 0.65%, respectively. The Total Viable
Count (TVC) of all fermented dairy products ranged from 6 to 8 log CFU/ml, with the
mean Total Coliform Count (TCC) being lowest in packaged dahi and highest in nonpackaged
burhani.
Furthermore, the Total Salmonella-Shigella Count (TSS) and Total
Staphylococcal Count (TSC) is remarkable in non-packaged burhani and non-packaged
dahi. Out of the 50 samples in total, 52% contained Escherichia coli, 10% had
Staphylococcus, and 4% showed the presence of Salmonella species. In the current
research, it was discovered that 52% of the samples contained at least one type of
bacteria from three different genera: Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella.
The overall prevalence rate was lower in packaged products (30%) than non-packaged
(85%) products. Almost all of the isolated bacteria were resistant to amoxicillin,
tetracycline and erythromycin exhibiting less resistance pattern to ciprofloxacin,
gentamicin and neomycin. This study revealed that in spite of having high acidity,
fermented dairy products sold at different markets in Dhaka city were contaminated
with multiple species of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Keywords: Characterization, pathogenic bacteria, fermentation, antibiogram, dairy
products
DAMAGE SEVERITY AND MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR INSECT PESTS OF WATERMELON
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ENTOMOLOGYA study was conducted in the central farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka during the period from September, 2021 to May, 2022 to
assess the incidence and damage severity of different insect pests on watermelon and
their eco-friendly managements. The variety of watermelon “Black Baby” was used as
the test crop for this study. The experiment consists of different management practices
as treatment which were T
1
: Mechanical and cultural practices: netting and hand
picking, T
2
: Sanitation and yellow glue board, T
3
: Using of bio-pesticide (Bioneem
plus) @ 5 ml/L of water at 7 days interval, T
4
: Using of pheromone trap and fungicide
(Bavistin) @ 2gm/L of water at 7 days interval, T
5
: Using bio-insecticide (Bacillus
thuringiensis) @ 1g/L of water at 7 days interval, T
6
: Using funnel pheromone trap and
T
7
: Untreated control. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block
Design (RCBD) with three replications. Data on of identified different pest/plot,
number of healthy fruits, infested leaves/plot at the vegetative and reproductive stage,
healthy fruits, infested fruits and percentage of fruit in number and weight basis/plot,
yield contributing characters and yield of watermelon were recorded and statistically
significant variation was recorded for different management practices. At reproductive
stage, lowest (0.33) red pumpkin beetle in the experimental field were found from T
5
(Using bio-insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis) which was followed (1.00) by T
4
treatment (Using of pheromone trap and fungicide: Bavistin), whereas the highest
number of red pumpkin beetle (7.00) was recorded from T
7
treatment (Untreated
control). The highest number of fruits/plot (10.00) was recorded from T
4
(Using of
pheromone trap and fungicide: Bavistin) treatment which was followed (8.67) by T
5
(Using bio-insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis) treatment, while the lowest number
(5.00) was recorded from T
7
(Untreated control) which was followed (6.00) by T
1
(Mechanical and cultural practices: netting and hand picking) treatment. In
consideration of number of fruits/plot in percent increase over Untreated control, the
highest value (50.00%) was recorded from T
4
(Using of pheromone trap and fungicide:
Bavistin) treatment and the lowest value (16.67%) was found from T
1
(Mechanical and
cultural practices: netting and hand picking) treatment. Among the treatments, T
4
(Using of pheromone trap and fungicide: Bavistin) was considered as the best followed
by T
5
treatment (Using bio-insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis) in respect of higher
healthy fruit yield by reducing leaf and fruit infestation of watermelon
RESPONSE OF SUMMER ONION TO METHYL JASMONATE AND CHITOSAN
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DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTUREThe field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka from March to June, 2021 to find the effect of methyl
jasmonate and chitosan on the growth, yield and quality in onion (BARI Piaz-5). The
experiment was conducted with two factors; Factor A: Methyl Jasmonate (four levels)
i.e., M
0
(Control), M
1
(25 µM), M
2
vi
(50 µM) and M
3
(75 µM) and Factor B: Chitosan
(four levels) i.e., C
0
(Control), C
1
(2 µM), C
2
(4 µM) and C
3
(6 µM) followed by
Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Plant growth, bulb
development and their quality attributes significantly improved by the application of
methyl jasmonate and 50 µM of methyl jasmonate performed the best for diameter of
bulb (3.18 cm), single bulb weight (15.72 g), yield (10.48 t/ha) and β–carotene (12.02
mg/100g) whereas 75 µM of methyl jasmonate is best for length of bulb (4.01 cm)
and Vitamin-C (17.24 mg/100g) comparatively than other treatments. Chitosan also
increases the vegetative growth, yield and nutritional profile with the application of 4
µM of chitosan performed best for length of bulb (3.98 cm), single bulb weight (16.25
cm), yield (10.83 t/ha), TSS% (9.19) and Vitamin-C (14.83 mg/100g) comparatively
than other treatments. For combined effect, 25 µM of methyl jasmonate with 4 µM of
chitosan produced the highest length of the bulb (4.35 cm), diameter of the bulb (3.49
cm) and single bulb weight (18.33 g) comparatively than other treatment
combinations. Whereas, the amount of β–carotene (14.23 mg/100g) in bulbs enhanced
substantially at 25 µM of methyl jasmonate with 6 µM of chitosan application and the
amount of Vitamin-C (19.60 mg/100g) increased significantly at 75 µM of methyl
jasmonate with 4 µM of chitosan application. Results presume that the highest bulb
yield (12.22 t/ha) was obtained by the application of 25 µM methyl jasmonate with 4
µM of chitosan which would be the best option to maintain better growth, yield and
quality for cultivating onion in summer season
GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CHARACTER ASSOCIATION IN BC1 F9 POPULATION OF Brassica napus L
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GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDINGThirty genotypes of Brassica napus L. were evaluated based on a randomized
complete block design with three replications at the experimental field of Sher-eBangla
Agricultural
University, Dhaka, to study the variability, correlation, and path
analysis during the November 2019 to March 2020 growing seasons. The genotypes
were found significantly variable for all the characters. Comparatively phenotypic
variance was higher than the genotypic variance for all the characters studied. The
high genotypic coefficient of variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation value
were observed for yield per plant (g). The maximum difference between the
phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation was 30.31 and 13.82. Days to 50%
flowering, days to maturity, thousand seed weight (g), and yield per plant (g) all
showed high heritability along with genetic advance in percentage of mean, indicating
additive gene expression on this trait. The significant positive correlation with yield
per plant was found in seeds per siliquae, thousand seed weight (g), and yield per
plant in both genotypic and phenotypic levels indicating the importance of these traits
in selection for increasing yield and were identified as yield attributing characters.
Thus, selection can rely upon these characteristics for the genetic improvement of the
yield of B. napus. According to path analysis, the number of secondary branches per
plant had the lowest positive direct effect and thousand seed weight (0.684) had the
highest positive direct effect (0.151). Days to 50% flowering (0.194), plant height
(0.204), number of secondary branches per plant (0.151), siliqua length (0.247), seeds
per siliqua (0.268), and thousand seed weight (0.684) all had a positive direct impact
on yield per plant (g), suggesting that direct selection based on these traits may be
useful in the development of high yielding B. napus varieties. Considering genotypic
variance and agronomic performance genotypes and based on objectives G8, G9,
G18, G1, G28, and G14 might be suggested for future breeding programs
MANAGEMENT OF SALT STRESS IN GROUNDNUT THROUGH UTILIZATION OF BIO-FERTILIZER
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AGRONOMYA pot experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during,
January to June 2020 for the management of salt stress in groundnut by utilization of Biofertilizer.
The experiment consisted of two factors, and conducted by following
Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Factor A: comprised of four
types of biofertilizer viz; B
0
= Control, B
1
= BARI Rhizobium RA
-803 (Salt sensitive),
B
2
= BARI Rhizobium RA
h
-808 (Salt tolerant), B
3
h
= Mycorrhiza, and Factor B consisted
four levels of salinity viz; S
0
= Control, S
1
= 50 mM NaCl, S
2
= 100 mM NaCl and S
=
150 mM NaCl. Different growth and yield parameters were observed for assessing the
effect of salinity and role of biofertilizer to manage salt stress. Exposure of salinity
decreased growth and yield of groundnut and the level of reduction increased with the
increment of salinity. Application of 50, 100 and 150 mM NaCl decreased seed yield by
57, 83 and 96% respectively. Application of biofertilizer increased growth and yield of
groundnut both in control and saline conditions. Under 50 mM NaCl treatment, the use of
BARI Rhizobium RAh-803, BARI Rhizobium RAh-808, and Mycorrhiza increased seed
yield (134, 401, and 280%, respectively) and stover yield (43, 61, and 65%, respectively)
over the control treatment. Application of biofertilizer also reversed salt induced damages
in groundnut under 100 and 150 mM salinity in same way. Among the biofertilizers,
BARI Rhizobium RA
-808 recovered salt induced damages through increasing growth,
pod number, seed number, 100-seed weight as well as seed yield and stover yield.
Growth and yield of groundnut decreased with increasing salinity levels. However
application of biofertilizer manage salinity, by reducing salt induced damages. Among
them, application of BARI Rhizobium RAh-808 (Salt tolerant) as a biofertilizer might be
a suitable approach to groundnut cultivation under salt stress conditions
EFFECT OF SULPHUR AND ZINC FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CHILI (BARI MORICH 4)
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SOIL SCIENCEThe experiment was conducted at the research field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka, during the Rabi season from November, 2021 to April, 2022 to
investigate the effect of sulphur (S) and zinc (Zn) fertilizer on green chili production
(cv. BARI Morich 4). The experiment consisted of two factors, viz., Factor A: 3 levels
of Sulphur (S
0
: 0 kg ha
-1
, S
1
: 20 kg ha
-1
, S
2
: 30 kg ha
ii
-1
) and Factor B: three levels of
zinc (Zn
0
: 0 kg ha
-1
, Zn
1
: 2 kg ha
-1
and Zn
2
: 4 kg ha
-1
). Two factor experiments with
Randomized Complete Block Design was followed with 9 treatment combination and
replicated three times. Vegetative growth, yield contributing characters and yield were
measured during the experiment. In case of S treatment, the tallest plant (66.12 cm),
number of leaves plant
-1
(96.13), number of branches plant
-1
(15.50) were observed at
80 DAT and the highest number of fruits plant
-1
(104.57), flowers plant
(111.18), fruit
length (7.10 cm), fruit diameter (0.56 cm), individual fruit weight (1.73 g), average fruit
weight plant
-1
(177.27 g), fruit yield ha
-1
(28.21 t) were obtained from S
1
treatment. In
case of Zn treatment, the tallest plant (66.06 cm), number of leaves plant
(92.61),
number of branches plant
-1
(14.76) were observed at 80 DAT, the highest number of
flowers plant
-1
(109.24), fruits plant
-1
(98.81), fruit length (6.93 cm), fruit diameter
(0.58 cm), individual fruit weight (1.69 g), average fruit weight plant
-1
-1
(169.05 g) and
fruit yield ha
-1
(27.35 t) were recorded from Zn
2
treatment. Considering combined
effect of S and Zn, growth contributing parameter such as the tallest plant (74.83 cm),
number of leaves plant
-1
(101.32), maximum number of branches plant
(16.74),
highest number of flowers plant
-1
(121.26), maximum number of fruits plant
(114.09),
highest fruit length (7.79 cm), highest fruit diameter (0.63 cm), highest individual fruit
weight (1.78 g), average fruit weight plant
-1
(203.49 g) and fruit yield ha
(33.52 t)
were recorded from S
1
Zn
2
. Meanwhile, the lowest values of the parameters were found
in the control application of sulphur and zinc. Therefore, it can be concluded that 20 kg
ha
-1
of sulphur and 4 kg ha
-1
of zinc were found beneficial for growth and yield of green
chili
SHORT-TERM WATERLOGGING EFFECT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUNGBEAN
Get PDFWaterlogging stress is one of the most atrocious environmental factors restricting the productivity of
mungbean in tropical and subtropical region. So a pot experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, during April to July 2019 to evaluate the growth and yield attributes of
mungbean under waterlogging condition. The experiment comprised of four mungbean varieties, Green
Diamond, Crystal, Satin and Celera and two treatments control and waterlogging which was laid out in
two factor Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The results showed that both the
varieties and waterlogging treatment had significant influence on growth and yield traits of mungbean
plant. Celera showed the highest (37.04 cm) plant height in both control and waterlogging condition
(31.06 cm). Among the four varieties Crystal created the highest SPAD value (50.07 units) than other
varieties. After waterlogging, new leaves initiated by Green Diamond in 39 DAS followed by Celera.
Number of leaves was higher (11) in Green Diamond in control and it became 4.66 in waterlogging.
Celera produced higher pod per plant both in control and waterlogging. The highest yield per plant
containing variety was Celera both in control (5.30 g) and (4.19 g) in waterlogging. Whereas the lowest
under control in Green Diamond (3.80 g) and under waterlogging in Crystal (1.02 g). The relative yield
indicated that Cerela is the most waterlogging tolerant (0.791), followed by Satin (0.563), Green Diamond
(0.563) and Crystal (0.196)
INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF BORO RICE
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AGRONOMYAn experiment was conducted in the experimental field of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka 1207. Bangladesh during the period from November, 2020 to
March, 2021 to observe the effect of different combination of chemical fertilizers and
organic materials on the performance of rice varieties grown in boro season. The
experiment comprised two factors viz. factor A: Variety – 3; i) BRRI dhan63 (V
), ii)
BRRI dhan81 (V
2
) and BRRI hybrid5 (V
) and factor B: different combinations of
chemical fertilizers and organic materials – 5; i) Control (no fertilizer) (F
3
), ii)
chemical fertilizers T recommended dose (RDF) (F
1
), iii) Cow dung + RDF (F
), iv)
Vermicompost + RDF (F3) and v) Rice straw decomposition + RDF (F
). The
experiment was laid out following Split Plot Design with three replications. Data were
collected on different aspects of growth, yield attributes and yield of rice. Results
revealed that BRRI hybrid5 gave the highest grain yield (7.84 t ha
-1
). This may be
attributed to the highest number of effective tillers hill
-1
(11.24) and 1000 grain
weight (28.78 g) in this variety. Considering different combinations of chemical
fertilizers and organic materials, F
( rice straw decomposition + RDF) treatment was
highest grain yielder ( 7.59 t ha
-1
4
) than other combinations comprised with organic
materials and RDF which was due to the highest effective tillers plant
(11.58), grains
panicle
-1
(85.19) and 1000-grain weight (24.43 g) in this treatment. Regarding the
interaction of variety and different combinations of chemical fertilizers and organic
materials, the combination of rice variety BRRI hybrid5 x rice straw decomposition +
RDF (V
3
F
) was highest yielder among the other interactions which was attributed to
higher effective tillers hill
4
-1
(12.93) and 1000 grain weight (29.79 g). It may be
concluded from the results that for adding organic matter in rice field, rice straw
decomposition with recommended dose of chemical fertilizer (RDF) seems promising
for cultivation of boro rice
EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS AND ZINC LEVELS ON YIELD AND SEED QUALITY OF MUNGBEAN VARIETIES
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SEED TECHNOLOGYAn experiment was carried out at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka,
Bangladesh during the period from March to June 2022 to study the effect of phosphorus
and zinc levels on yield and seed quality of mungbean. Three varieties of mungbean viz.,
BARI Mung-6 (V
1
), BARI Mung-7 (V
2
) and Binamoog-8 (V
3
) were combined with five
P+Zn treatments viz., control treatment RDF+No P+Zn (F
0
), 75% of RDF P+Zn (F
1
), RDF
of P+Zn (F
2
), 125% of RDF P+Zn (F
3
) and 150% of RDF P+Zn (F
4
) laid out in Randomized
Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Among different varieties of
mungbean, V
3
(Binamoog-8) gave the best performance and showed maximum seed yield
(1.46 t ha
-1
) and germination percentage (92.14%) compared to V
1
(BARI Mung-6) and V
2
(BARI Mung-7) varieties. Among the P+Zn treatments, F
4
(150% of P+Zn) showed the
highest seed yield (1.51 t ha
-1
) and germination percentage (94.71%) compared to other
treatments. Regarding, combined effected of variety and P+Zn treatments, the highest
number of primary branches plant
-1
(3.63), number of pods plant
-1
(26.48), pod length (9.55
cm), number of seeds pods
-1
(11.13), 1000 seed weight (51.42 g), grain yield (1.66 t ha
),
stover yield (2.22 t ha
-1
) and germination percentage (95.81%) were recorded from the
treatment combination of V
3
F
4
(Binamoog-8 + 150% of RDF P+Zn) whereas the lowest
results were obtained from the treatment combination of V
2
F
0
. So, it may be concluded that
the variety V
3
(Binamoog-8) combined with the treatment F
4
(150% of RDF P+Zn) was
the best regarding growth, yield contributing parameters, seed yield and also quality
parameters compared to other treatment combinations