Author(s): R. Jerin, A. K.
M. R. Amin, P. K. Biswas, M. Hasanuzzaman* and A. S. M. Fazle Bari
*Corresponding author; Email:
sauhasan@gmail.com
Abstract
The experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University farm, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka during rabi season (October 2010 to March 2011)
to study the feasibility of replacing chemical fertilizer by organic fertilizer
in mustard. The experiment comprised of
ten treatments viz., T0 (without fertilizer, control), T1
(Chemical fertilizer at recommended dose, RD), T2 (Cowdung at RD), T3
(Compost at RD), T4 (½ RD Cowdung + ½ RD Compost), T5
(Cowdung at RD+ compost at RD), T6 (Cowdung RD + ½ RD Chemical
fertilizer), T7 (Compost RD + ½ RD Chemical fertilizer), T8
(Cowdung RD + Compost RD + ½ RD Chemical
fertilizer) and T9 (½ RD Cowdung
+ ½ RD compost + ½ RD chemical fertilizer) on growth and yield performance of
mustard var. BARI Sarisha15. Among the treatments, all the chemical fertilizer
treatments at recommended dose (T1); recommended doses of cowdung
and compost in combination with half RD chemical fertilizer (T8) and
half RD cowdung and half RD compost with half RD chemical fertilizer (T9)
were at par and superior to other treatments considering the yield and yield
contributing characters of mustard.
