SAUL Archive
Not a member yet
4890 research outputs found
Sort by
VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS AND POST HARVEST DISEASES OF DIFFERENT CITRUS FRUITS
Get PDFA 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
PLANT PATHOLOGYA survey study was conducted to analyze citrus value chain and identify different
citrus diseases at farm level and trader level. The survey was conducted during
the periods of August 2020 to February 2021 in the Sylhet and Dhaka district of
Bangladesh. Three upazillas namely Jaintapur, Khadimnagar and Sylhet Sadar
were selected for collection of information on farm practices and disease faced
by those area’s growers. Sylhet Kodomtoli wholesale market, Mohammadpur
Krishi market, Karwan bazar and Retailer shops (Taltola, Mirpur 1, farmgate) at
Dhaka city were studied for value chain at marketing. The survey revealed that
citrus growing areas were increased. Most of the farmers were medium sized
(46.66%) and farmers have 5-15 years’ experience in citrus cultivation. The
common varieties grown in that selected areas were Elachi lemon, Zara lemon,
BARI malta and Orange (BARI Komla). For transportation harvested citrus
fruits, Beparies mostly used mini trucks. Traders(retailer) used van (60%) and
local carts (15%) for transporting their citrus in the marketing channel. Disease
incidence varied from variety to variety and upazilla to upazilla. Highest canker
incidence (52%) was found in khadimnagar in Elachi lemon and highest Citrus
scab incidence (31%) was found at Jaintapur in BARI malta. At post-harvest
stage, highest citrus blue mold incidence (12.3%) was found in retailer shops at
Dhaka city and citrus green mold incidence (16.6%) was also found in retailer
shops at Dhaka city. Citrus blue mold incidence (3%) was found lowest in
kodomtoli wholesale market, Sylhet district and citrus green mold disease
incidence (4.1%) was found lowest at karwan bazar market, Dhaka. In our study
revealed that highest marketing margin gained by retailer level for BARI malta
(1254.21tk/quintal
SYSTEM OF MUSTARD INTENSIFICATION AS INFLUENCED BY VARIETY AND VERMICOMPOST
Get PDFA Thesis Submitted to
The Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRONOMYA field experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Farm, Dhaka to
study the system of mustard intensification as influenced by variety and vermicompost during
the period from October 2020 to February 2021 in rabi season. The experiment consisted of
two factors following randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications as
factor A: variety (3) viz; V
1
= BARI sarisha-9, V
2
ii
= BARI sarisha-14 and V
3
= BARI sarisha15
and
factor
B:
different
vermicompost
doses
(4)
viz;
F
1
= recommended doses of fertilizer +
no vermicompost,F
2
= recommended dose of fertilizer+2 t ha
-1
vermicompost, F
3
=
recommended doses of fertilize+3 t ha
-1
vermicompost, F
4
= recommended dose of
fertilizer+4 t ha
-1
vermicompost. Data on different parameters were collected for assessing
results for this experiment and showed significant variation in respect of growth yield and
yield contributing characteristics of mustard due to the effect of variety, vermicompost doses
and their combinations. Among different variety, BARI sarisha-9 recorded the maximum
number of siliqua plant
-1
(597.46), length of siliqua (5.15 cm),seed yield (2.59 t ha
), stover
yield (4.35 t ha
-1
), biological yield (6.93t ha
-1
) and harvest index (37.24%) and BARI Sarisha
14 recorded maximum seeds siliqua
-1
(32.05), 1000 seeds weight (3.55 g).In case of different
vermicompost doses, application of recommended dose of fertilizer + 4 t ha
vermicompost
treated plot recorded the maximum number of siliqua plant
-1
(382.8), length of siliqua (5.77
cm), number of seeds siliqua
-1
-1
(29.67), 1000 seeds weight (3.96 g), seed yield (2.26 t ha
),
stover yield (3.84 t ha
-1
), biological yield (6.10 t ha
-1
) and harvest index (36.87 %).In case of
combined effect, the maximum number of siliqua plant
-1
(655.07), length of siliqua (6.46
cm), seed yield (2.96 t ha
-1
), stover yield (4.65 t ha
-1
), biological yield (7.62 t ha
) and
harvest index (38.92 %) were recorded in BARI Sarisha-9 (V
1
) along with recommended
doses of fertilizer + 4 t ha
-1
vermicompost (F
4
) treated plot. Whereas number of seeds
siliqua
-1
(32.67), 1000 seeds weight (4.16 g) were with BARI Sarisha-14 along with
recommended doses of fertilizer + 4 t ha
-1
vermicompost treated plot. Thus for cultivation of
mustard, BARI Sarisha-9 (V
1
) along with (F
4
) recommended doses of fertilizer + 4 t ha
vermicompost performed well for higher seed production of mustard
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF FLOATING SEEDBED USING DIFFERENT GROWTH PROMOTING FERTILIZERS
Get PDFA 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 SCIENCEBangladesh is situated in low lying areas where a reasonable portion remains
submerged for 6-9 months in year during and after monsoon which is increasing day
by day due to climate change. Therefore this research was conducted to evaluate the
floating seedbed output of okra and cucumber in prolonged period (6-9 months) of
time at Nazirpur upazila. The experiment was conducted following a Randomized
Complete Block Design (RCBD) involving three treatments with four replications viz.
T
1
: control (without organic and inorganic fertilizer), T
2
: Organic fertilizer (cow dung)
and T
3
: recommended dose of inorganic fertilizers(NPK). In case of okra, the longest
plant height (156.90 cm), maximum number of branches (5.50) and leaves (55.75)
were found in the treatment T
3
. Regarding yield parameters, significantly higher
number of fruits plant
-1
, fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), individual fruit weight
(g), fruits weight plant
-1
(g) and yield (t·ha
-1
) were 22.00, 16.38 cm, 6.48 cm, 21.67 g,
602.80 g, 12.12 t·ha
-1
obtained respectively by applying the treatment T
3
. The lowest
output was recorded in control for all the cases. Similar trend of growth and yield were
also observed during the cultivation of cucumber under the same treatment conditions.
The highest value of BCR (1.07 and 1.63) was recorded from the treatment T
3
for both
okra and cucumber respectively. So floating gardening is a sustainable farming
method and income strategy for rural householders in coastal flood-prone regions of
Bangladesh
PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF BRINJAL PRODUCTION IN JAMALPUR DISTRICT
Get PDFA Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agribusiness Management,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S.)
IN
DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY STUDIESThe objectives of this research study are to recognize and measure the profitability
analysis on brinjal production, its profit and socio-economic condition of farmers.
Primary data collection was carried out at three villages of Jamalpur Sadar upzilla under
Jamalpur district. The study was based on primary data, collected from 70 farmers,
selected using a purposively simple random sampling technique. Cobb-Douglas
production function was applied to determine the effects of inputs on brinjal production.
Land preparation cost, seedling cost, fertilizer cost and insecticides have significant
impact on brinjal production. The average yield per hectare of brinjal was 121440
kilograms. The average purveyed price was BDT 20 per kilogram. Per hectare of gross
return, gross margin, and net return/profit of brinjal production were BDT 242880;
BDT 1133970 and BDT 993970 respectively (Table 4.13). Per hectare benefit cost ratio
was estimated at 1.70. Thus, Brinjal is a highly profitable enterprise. Increase of only
managerial skills result in a substantial increase of output for Brinjal. Farmers faced a
lot of problems in producing Brinjal. The problems were social and cultural, financial
and technical. Lack of quality seed was one of the most important limitations of
producing Brinjal in the study area. Lack of operating capital, high price of quality seed,
high cost of irrigation water, shortage of human labor, lack of storage facilities,
marketing problems and lack of quality preparation were the major problems faced by
farmers. These are the major constraints for the producers of Brinjal in the study area
ORGANIC MANAGEMENT OF WILT COMPLEX AND TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS IN SUMMER TOMATO USING BIO-AGENTS, BOTANICAL AND AGRO BIO-PRODUCTS FORTIFIED SOIL
Get PDFA 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
PLANT PATHOLOGYA pot and a lab experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of selected bioagents
(Metarhizium anisopliae, Trichoderma harzianum, Verticillum lecanii,
Beauveria bessiana), botanicals [Clerodendrum infortunatum (Vat) leaf extract,
Lantana camara leaf extract, Azadiracta indica (Neem) leaf extract] and agro bioproducts
(Tea
wastage,
Garlic
powder,
Mustard
oil
cake)
against
the
wilt
complex
and
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in summer tomato cultivation. The
experiment was conducted at net house in the Department of Plant Pathology, Shere-Bangla
Agricultural
University
(SAU),
Dhaka,
Bangladesh,
during
the
period
of
July
to
October,
2021.
The
experiment
was
carried
out
in
a
complete
randomized
design
(CRD)
with
three
replications
and
each
of
the
treatment
contains
3
pots.
The
total
number
of
unit
pots
was
30.
Summer
variety
‘BARI
hybrid
tomato-4’
was
used
as
a tested
cultivar.
Data
on disease
incidence
and disease
severity
of
wilt
complex
and
TYLCV
was
recorded
at
30,
45
and
60
DAT.
Fungal
pathogen
was
isolated
by
tissue
planting
method. Bacterial pathogen was isolated by dilution and streaking
method. In case of wilt complex, among the selected bio–agents, the lowest disease
incidence (33.33%) and severity (15%) was found in T
1
(Metarhizium anisopliae +
Trichoderma harzianum) and the highest disease incidence (66.67%) and severity
(20%) was found in T
3
(Metarhizium anisopliae + Beauveria bessiana). In case of
TYLCV, the lowest disease incidence (66.67%) and severity (20%) was found in T
3
(Metarhizium anisopliae + Beauveria bessiana) and the highest disease incidence
(100%) and severity (30%) was found in T
2
(Metarhizium anisopliae + Verticillum
lecanii). From the present study, it was found that the wilt complex of tomato
caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici and Ralstonia solanacearum that
was confirmed by morphological characteristics of macro and micro conidial
structures and biochemical tests viz. gram staining, motility, KOH solubility,
catalase and simon’s citrate test, respectively. The performance of the treatments in
respect of yield and yield contributing characters against wilt complex and TYLCV
of summer tomato varied significantly. However, from the present study it may be
concluded that mustard oil cake and neem leaf extract can be used as ecofriendly
approach for effective management of wilt complex and Tomato Yellow Leaf curl
Virus (TYLCV) in summer tomato cultivation
A STUDY ON IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MOBILE FINANCIAL SERVICE AND SAVING PRACTICES: THE CASE OF BANGLADESH
Get PDFA Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agribusiness and Marketing,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in
partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRIBUSINESS AND MARKETINGThe world is passing a grievous phase because of a fast-spreading disease named COVID-19.
Almost all countries have experienced the impact of coronavirus on their economy.
Unexpectedly, due to that situation some industries like retail chain shops, online grocery shops,
mobile financial service, IT firms are experiencing growth in Bangladesh. Mobile financial
service is relatively new concept but a fast-growing industry in our country. But there are some
issues that MFS users face, especially rural people. History of economics shows that countries
that succeeded in accumulating high levels of domestic investment largely financed by domestic
savings, achieved faster rates of economic growth and development. So, understanding peoples
saving behaviour is crucial. Therefore, this paper focused on finding the impact of COVID-19
on saving practice of mobile financial service users of rural area as economic growth and
development depend on a country’s level of domestic savings. To fully understand the situation,
the researchers aimed to find the answers to some key questions: (1) Did mobile financial
service reach to rural people in this pandemic? (2) Did saving rate increased during pandemic?
(3) What is the impact of mobile financial service on saving behavior of people? (4) What are
the key determinants of saving practices of mobile banking users? Both descriptive and
advanced statistical analysis were used for analyzing the data and a cross sectional survey on
user of mobile financial services was performed. The study area was three sub districts
(Phulbaria, Nandail, Gouripur) of Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. A four-stage sampling
technique was used for data collection. First three villages were chosen from the three selected
sub-districts. Then, the highest MFS user villages were surveyed for collecting information
through primary survey. Simple random sampling method has been used in selecting sample
and collecting data from the respondent. A total of 210 users was interviewed from the selected
areas. Statistical packages such as SPSS was used for data analysis. Researchers found that
mobile financial service industry has significantly grown during pandemic but the saving
practices of rural people have decreased. Age, occupation, average monthly family income,
saving habit, monthly income during pandemic are the significant factors of the saving practices
of mobile banking users. The findings will be useful to overcome the pandemic crisis and to
achieve the sustainable development goals
RESPONSE OF AROMATIC RICE TO LEAF CLIPPING AT SEEDLING AND GROWTH STAGES
Get PDFA Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRONOMYAn experiment was conducted during July to December-2019, at Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to investigate the response of aromatic
rice to leaf clipping at different stages. The experiment consisted of two factors,
Factor A: Seedling top clipping (3) vi; S₀= Control (no clipping), S₁ =1/3
top
clipping and S₂= 1/2
nd
top clipping and Factor B: Leaf clipping (During panicle
initiation stage) (5) viz; L₀= Control (no clipping), L₁= Lower 1
leaves, L₂=
Lower 2
nd
and 3
rd
leaves, L₃= Lower 3
rd
and 4
ii
th
st
and 2
leaves and L₄= Flag leaf clipping.
The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications. Result
revealed that seedling and leaf clipping either individually or combined showed
significant variations in most of the characters of aromatic rice. In case of seedling
clipping the maximum effective tillers hill
-1
(10.86), panicle length (25.98 cm), filled
grains panicle
-1
(137.72), total grains panicle
-1
(166.69), 1000 grains weight (17.64 g),
grain yield (4.59 t ha
-1
), straw yield (7.56 t ha
-1
nd
), biological yield (12.15 t ha
) and
harvest index (37.73 %) were observed in S
1
(1/3
rd
seedling top clipping) treatment. In
case of leaf clipping the maximum effective tillers hill
-1
(11.10), panicle length (27.27
cm), filled grains panicle
-1
(146.49), total grains panicle
-1
(170.65), 1000 grains weight
(18.43 g), grain yield (4.60 t ha
-1
), straw yield (7.69 t ha
-1
), biological yield (12.29 t
ha
-1
) and harvest index (37.40 %) were observed in L
0
(No leaf clipping) treatment. In
case of combined effect, 1/3
rd
seedling top clipping (S
1
) along with no leaf clipping
(L
0
) treatment combination (S
1
L
0
) gave the best result to achieving the maximum
effective tillers hill
-1
(11.80), panicle length (28.39 cm), filled grains panicle
(155.00), total grains panicle
-1
(177.21), 1000 grains weight (19.61 g), grain yield
(5.04 t ha
-1
), biological yield (12.88 t ha
-1
) and harvest index (39.26 %). The
corresponding lowest grain yield (3.79 t ha
seedling top clipping (S
2
-1
) of aromatic rice was observed in 1/2
) along with flag leaf clipping (L
4
) treatment combination
(S
2
L
4
). Treatment 1/3
rd
seedling top clipping along with no leaf clipping is proved to
be a best management for extension yield of aromatic rice (BRRI dhan70)
INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE FARMERS IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH
Get PDFA 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
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEM
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2019The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a new era in the efficacy of the
agricultural sectors. Farmers of Bangladesh are directly affected by COVID-19.
Considering the above situation, the present study was designed to investigate the
influence of COVID-19 on socio-economic conditions of the farmers in some selected
areas of Bangladesh. Data were collected from the 107 respondents selected from the
intervention area (5 villages). Majority (71.80%) of the farmers faced medium
influence of COVID-19. Among the variables, age and problem faced by the farmers
in crop cultivation during COVID-19 had positive significant contribution and
sanitation practiced by the farmers had negative contribution to the influence of
COVID-19 on their socio-economic conditions. Among these, problem faced by the
farmers in crop cultivation had the highest contribution (42.2%). All the factors
cooperatively contribute 51.3% of the variance of influence of COVID-19 (R
=0.513). Majority (64.60%) of the farmers had medium problem in crop cultivation
during COVID-19. According to problem faced index (PFI), rate of increasing cost of
production ranked first and loan is not available when need ranked last. It is
concluded that the influence of COVID-19 on farmer’s socio-economic conditions
were moderate and needed further advancement. Bases on the results, it was
recommended that the government and non-government organizations should take
initiatives for reducing the influence of COVID-19 on farmer’s socio-economic
conditions.
MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES AND YIELD RESPONSE OF BORO RICE TO BORON AND ZINC
Get PDFA Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Botany,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL BOTANY
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2021The present piece of work was carried out at the Research Farm of Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from November 2019
to April 2020 in Boro season to investigate the morpho-physiological attributes and
yield response of boro rice to boron and zinc. The experiment consisted of two
factors, and followed Randomized Complete Block Design. Factor A: Boro rice
varieties viz (3); V
1
: BRRI dhan29, V
2
: BRRI dhan50, V
: BRRI dhan55, Factor B:
Different level of boron and zinc fertilizers viz (4); F
0
3
: Control, F
: Boron @ 15 kg
ha
-1
, F
2
: Zinc @ 20 kg ha
-1
and F
3
: Boron @ 15 kg ha
-1
1
+ Zinc@20 kg ha
. Data on
different growths, yield contributing characters and yield were recorded to find out
the response of boro rice varieties to different doses of zinc and boron fertilizers and
different parameters of boro rice showed significant variations. Among the varieties,
V
(BRRI dhan29) treatment perform the best and recorded the maximum number of
effective tillers hill
1
-1
(16.09), panicle length (26.72 cm), filled grains panicle
(148.45), number of total grains panicle
-1
(166.19), 1000 grains weight (26.24 g),
grain yield (5.92 t ha
-1
), straw yield (7.08 t ha
-1
), biological yield (12.99 t ha
) and
harvest index (45.36 %). In case of different doses of zinc and boron fertilizers
applications, the maximum, number of effective tillers hill
-1
(17.72), panicle length
(26.99 cm), filled grains panicle
-1
(150.75), total grains panicle
-1
(167.78), 1000 grains
weight (28.39 g), grain yield (5.69 t ha
-1
), straw yield (6.54 t ha
-1
), biological yield
(12.22 t ha
-1
) and harvest index (46.38 %) were recorded in F
(Boron @ 15 kg/ha+
Zinc @ 20 kg/ha) treatment. In respect of treatment combinations V
3
1
F
performed the
best and recorded the highest grain yield (6.86 t ha
-1
). Thus BRRI dhan29 along with
application of Boron @ 15 kg ha
-1
+ Zinc @ 20 kg ha
-1
considered as a suitable
treatment combination for boro rice production.
3
-1
-1
-
EFFECT OF BORON ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF FIELD-PEA
Get PDFA 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
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
SEMESTER: JAN-JUNE, 2021A field experiment was carried out to find out the effect of boron on growth and yield of
field pea (BARI Motor-3) at the farm of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute,
Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh during the period from November, 2019 to March 2020.
Seven doses of boron including control was considered as treatments viz. T
;
control), T
1
(0.5 kg B ha
-1
), T
2
(1.0 kg B ha
-1
), T
3
(1.5 kg B ha
-1
), T
4
0
(0 kg B ha
(2.0 kg B ha
(2.5 kg B ha
-1
) and T
6
(3.0 kg B ha
-1
). This experiment was laid out in Randomized
Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. All the parameters studied on
growth, yield attributes and yield parameters were significantly affected due to boron
doses. The maximum plant height (107.80 cm) was registered from the treatment T
(3.0
kg B ha
-1
) but the T
3
(1.5 kg B ha
-1
) showed maximum number of branch plant
(4.27),
number of pods plant
-1
(20.53), number of seeds pod
-1
(6.60), 100 seed weight (13.08 g),
seed yield (1732 kg ha
-1
), stover yield (1862 kg ha
-1
), biological yield (3594 kg ha
) and
harvest index (48.27%) whereas the lowest result was obtained from control treatment T
(0 kg B ha
-1
). In terms of nutrients content in field pea seed, significantly highest B
content (33.33 ppm) was recorded from T
but the highest N content (4.81) and Mn
content (102.50 ppm) were achieved from T
5
. Similarly, significantly the highest Zn
content (60.12 ppm) and Fe content (164.30 ppm) was recorded from T
4
whereas the
lowest N, B, Zn, Fe and Mn content were recorded from control treatment (0 kg B ha
).
Regarding P, K, S, Ca and Mg content in field pea seed, non-significant variation was
found among the treatments. So, from the above results, it can be concluded that
application of 1.5 kg B ha
-1
(T
3
) can be treated as best treatment followed by T
(1.0 kg B
ha
-1
) regarding yield performance of field pea (BARI Motor-3).
3
2
-1
-1
6
-1
-1
), T
-1
5