CONSEQUENCE OF POTASSIUM LEVELS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BARI TOMATO-14
S.K. Bhagat, M.S. Islam, A. Ullah, M.H. Akand and A.F.M. Jamal Uddin*
*Corresponding author; Email: jamal4@yahoo.com
Abstract
An experiment was conducted at Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka during the period from October 2010 to March 2011 to study the consequence of potassium levels (0, 120, 150 and 180 kg K2O ha-1 ) on growth and yield of tomato. Potassium application significantly increased number of leaves, flowers, fruits, weight of an individual fruit and yield of tomato. After 60 days of transplanting the tallest plant (75.5 cm), maximum number of flower cluster (11.2) and fruit per plant (12.2), average fruit weight (139.2g) and highest yield (59.5 t ha-1) was obtained from K1 (120 kg K2O) while the shortest plant (70.3 cm), minimum number of flower cluster (8.1) and fruit per plant (10.3), average fruit weight (101.7g) and lowest yield (51.3 t ha-1 ) was produced by 0 kg K2Oha-1 (control).
Key words: Potassium, Tomato and Yield.
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