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INVESTIGATION OF UREA SAVING TECHNIQUE THROUGH FOLIAR APPLICATION OF LIQUID FERTILIZER IN POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L.)

By: Most. Monyrun Nassa,M. Nasiruddin,Rezaul Karim,M. Aminul Hoque

Key Words: Potato, Urea, Foliar application, Liquid fertilizer

JLES-Vol-15-No-P-109-116, December 2020.

Abstract

A well-known potato cultivar Cardinal (BARI Alu-8) was studied with the application of liquid fertilizer in the research field of the Department of Agronomy and Agricultural Extension, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. Five fertilizer treatments viz. T1 = 0%N (Control), T2 = 60% of the recommended dose (50% N as SA (Soil application) + 10 % as FA (Foliar application)) + MG (Magic growth) 3% as FA, T3 = 70% of the recommended dose (50% N as SA + 20% as FA)) + MG 3% as FA, T4 = 80% of the recommended dose (50% N as SA + 30% as FA) + MG 3% as FA, T5 = 100% N SA (Traditional practice) were employed to meet the objectives of the current study. After preparing the land, liquid fertilizer was sprayed three times (25, 40, 55 (DAS) Days after sowing). This study’s findings showed that liquid fertilizer had a significant impact on all of the yield parameters under consideration. Among the yield and yield characters, the highest value of plant height (63.05 cm) at harvesting time, no. of tuber per plant (6.67), weight of tuber per plant (501.1 g), tuber yield (42.26 t/ha), biological yield (52.51 t/ha), harvest index (80.47 %) were observed from T4 treatment and T5. In T1 treatment, the lowest values for all of these developments were determined. As a result, it is possible to conclude that using this technology will lower the amount of urea supplied, resulting in a financial advantage to the country.

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Acknowledgement

The authors express their heartfelt gratitude to the Chairman, Department of Agronomy and Agricultural Extension, University of Rajshahi for providing laboratory and field facilities to conduct the study. The authors wish to express their gratefulness to Md. Arif Hossain Khan, joint director, BADC, Rajshahi for his valuable suggestions about the application of liquid fertilizer.

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Most. Monyrun Nassa,M. Nasiruddin,Rezaul Karim,M. Aminul Hoque

INVESTIGATION OF UREA SAVING TECHNIQUE THROUGH FOLIAR APPLICATION OF LIQUID FERTILIZER IN POTATO (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L.)

JLES-Vol-15-No-P-109-116, December 2020.

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