Abstract:
The study was conducted at the experimental field of horticulture division, RARS, Rahmatpur,
Barishal during the winter season of 2018-19 to determine the effect of various mulches on
growth and yield of tomato. The treatments of the experiment comprised five mulch materials
viz. Sawdust (5cm thick), Cocodust (5cm thick), Rice husk (5cm thick), Water hyacinth
(chopping and 10cm thick), Black Ploythene with no mulch as control and BARI Tomato 15 as a
variety. Mulching significantly increased the total number of fruit/plant of tomato over bare
plants. The highest number of fruit was recorded in chopped Water hyacinth mulch (28.74) and
the lowest was in treatment control i.e. no mulch (22.80). Similar trend was found in single fruit
weight, being the highest in chopped Water hyacinth mulch (66.24g) lowest was in cocodust
mulch (53.26g). The highest yield was recorded in chopped Water hyacinth mulch (94.96t/ha)
followed by rice husk mulch (81.84t/ha) and the lowest was in control i.e. no mulch (62.86 t/ha).
From 1st year experiment, the study reveals that BARI Tomato 15 can be cultivated using
chopping water hyacinth as a mulch material for higher yield. |
