EFFECT OF INDOLE ACETIC ACID AND BORON ON THE YIELD OF SUMMER TOMATO CULTIVAR BINA TOMATO-3

M Saha, A K Chowdhury, J Ferdousi, D Saha and M I Hossain
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-58

Abstract:

A pot experiment was conducted at the net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh from March to August, 2010 to study the effect of Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) and Boron on the growth and yield of summer tomato CV. BINA Tomato-3. There were four levels of IAA viz. 0, 20, 40 and 60 ppm and B viz. 0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 kg ha-1. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 3 replications. The result revealed that parameters like plant height, number of leaves plant-1, number of inflorescences plant-1, number of fruits and yield plant-1 were significantly influenced by the application of IAA and B. The highest plant height (90.33 cm), number of inflorescence plant-1 (14.67), number of fruit (18.00) and yield (533.33 g) plant-1 were obtained in 60 ppm IAA along with 2.0 kg B ha-1 and the lowest plant height (84.00 cm), number of inflorescence plant-1 (10.33), number of fruit (9.33) and yield (249.71 g) plant-1 were obtained in control treatment. The overall results suggest that treatment IAA60B2.0 was the best from other treatments.

Keywords:

Indole acetic acid, B, growth, yield, summer tomato


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M Saha, A K Chowdhury, J Ferdousi, D Saha and M I Hossain. 2014. EFFECT OF INDOLE ACETIC ACID AND BORON ON THE YIELD OF SUMMER TOMATO CULTIVAR BINA TOMATO-3, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 1(1): 51-58.