GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENT CONTENTS OF MUNGBEAN (BARI Mung 6) AS AFFECTED BY NITROGEN FERTILIZER AND POULTRY MANURE

A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural Lniversity,Dhaka, In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY SEMESTER. JAN-JUN, 2013

An experiment was conducted during the period from l:ebruary to April of 2012 at the experimental held of the fanii of' Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University to study the effect of nitrogen fertilizers and poultry manure on growth, yield and nutrient contents of munghean (BARI Mung 6). The two-factorial experiment was conducted by using RCBI) (Randomized Completely Block Design) with three replications. During the experiment. tidlowing treatments were included No - Control. N1 - Nitrogen i 10 kg ha". N2- Nitrogen 'i 20 kg ha". N - Nitrogen 25 kg ha" and P0 - no poultry manure, P, - Poultry manure 4 t ha'', P2- Poultry manure 2) 7 t ha". 1)3 - Poultry manure :i 10 Both nitrogen and poultry manure doses as well as their interactions showed signilicant effect on almost all growth and yield parameters. Al harvest highest plant height, number ol leaves and branches plant'', average dry weight  of pods plant", number ol seeds po&. 1000-seed weight. seed yield and stover yield recorded in N3 (Nitrogen (á) 25 kg ha") and it were either closely followed by or statistically similar with N2 (Nitrogen 20 kg ha") and subsequently followed by N1 (Nitrogen @ 10 kg ha' I), N. P and K content in seed were recorded highest in N3 (Nitrogen @25 kg ha") and it was also either closely followed by or statistically similar with N2 (Nitrogen 20 kg ha' 5. Lowest results for above parameters were Ibund from the treatment using no nitrogen fertilizer (N0). Similarly, in the ease of sole effect of poultry manure the highest values for above parameters were recorded in P3 (Poultry manure ii, 10 t ha") which was, in most of the eases, statistically similar with P2 (poultry manure '@ 7 t ha'') and then followed by P1 (Poultry manure (ã 4 t ha"). Lowest results were found from the treatment using no poultry manure (P0). In the case of interaction ol' treatments, highest seed yield was recorded from nitrogen @ 25 kg ha" with poultry manure 10 t ha" which was either closely followed by or statistically similar with (he interaction of nitrogen iI 25 kg ha" and poultry manure 'jiF 7 t interaction of nitrogen 20 kg ha" and poultry manure @1 10 t ha" and interaction of nitrogen 20 kg and poultry manure i 7 t ha". Stover yield and nutrient contents showed almost similar trend like seed yield.