Author (s): Hosneara1, M.A.K Mian2, O. Rahman3, M.H. Rashid4 and N. Zeba5
* Corresponding author, E-mail: naheed0359@hotmail.com
* Corresponding author, E-mail: naheed0359@hotmail.com
Abstract
Comparative performance of economically important characters viz. number of leaves plant-1, root length, shoot length, root diameter, fresh root weight, fresh shoot weight, root dry weight and shoot dry weight of Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Hybrid Mula-1 (BU Hybrid Mula -1) along with other four commercial radish varieties, Tasakisan, Druty, Rocky-45 and Everest were analyzed at vegetative stages e.g., 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days after sowing (DAS) in early and optimum growing seasons. Results on comparative performance of BU Hybrid Mula-1 and other varieties revealed that the all varieties exhibited significant differences in root length, shoot length, root diameter, fresh root weight, dry root weight and dry shoot weight in both early and optimum growing seasons (NOv. to Jan.). Locally developed hybrid radish variety “BU Hybrid Mula-1”produced the highest fresh shoot and dry shoot weight at early growing season while in optimum growing season, BU Hybrid Mula-1 produced the highest dry shoot weight. In case of other economic characters i.e. yield for fresh weight, BARI developed open pollinated radish variety “Druty”performed better at early growing season, while the exotic hybrid radish variety “Everest”performed better compared to other four varieties during optimum growing season.
Key words: Comparative performance, BU hybrid mula-1, Standard variety, Radish and Gowing seasons.
J. Expt. Biosci. 3(2): July 2012
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