S. Akter, Ashrafunnesa, M. R. Monir and M.H.Kabir*
*Corresponding author: Email kabirsau@yahoo.com
Abstract
*Corresponding author: Email kabirsau@yahoo.com
Abstract
A pot experiment was carried out at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from May 2015 to October 2015. The two factors experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications having nine treatment combinations with different levels of kaolin and micronutrients at different moisture levels as I0=100% ET(evapotranspiration) irrigation, I1= 80% ET irrigation and I2 =60% ET irrigation. And F0= control (spraying tap water only), F1: Spraying of kaolin 2% solution and micronutrients (B, Mn & Se) @ 50 ppm for each of the nutrient solution. F2: Spraying of kaolin 4% solution and micronutrients (B, Mn & Se) @ 100 ppm for each of the nutrient solution. Application of kaolin and micronutrients at different irrigation levels showed significant variations on most of the parameters. The best result was found from the treatment combination I1F2 with the maximum yield (1.43 kg/plant) and best quality (rich in Vitamin-C, and TSS) of tomato.
Keywords: kaolin, micronutrients, irrigation levels.
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J. Expt. Biosci.9(2) July 2018
