EVALUATION OF PHOTO-INSENSITIVE COUNTRY BEAN GENOTYPES UNDER VARIED SUPPORT SYSTEMS

T Akter, HK Tamanna, MZ Akhi, B Debnath and MS Islam*
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 27-33

Abstract:

An experiment was conducted at the experimental field of the Horticulture Department, Sylhet Agricultural University, during the summer season on 15 May 2017 to evaluate three photo-insensitive (summer) country bean genotypes viz., Sikribi sheem-1, Sikribi sheem-2, and SB003 under two different support systems viz, trellis and staking. This experiment was conducted in two factors randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. In the case of Sikribi sheem-2, minimum days (47.50) were required for the first flowering, followed by Sikribi sheem-1(49.66) and SB003 (50.00). All the genotypes required around 80 days to first green pod harvest. Sikribi sheem-1 produced the maximum number of pods plant-1 (211.5) followed by SB003 (187.0), while it was the lowest for Sikribi sheem-2 (168.0). The green pod yield of Sikribi sheem-1 (1.19 kg plant-1) and SB003 (1.05 kg plant-1) was significantly higher than that of Sikribi sheem-2 (0.69 kg plant-1). Considering support system, a higher number of pods plant-1 (194.55) was harvested from the plant grown under the staking system than the trellis system (183.11). In the case of an interaction effect, the highest number of pods plant-1 was recorded from the genotype Sikribi sheem-1 when grown under a staking support system (220.0), and the corresponding gross margin was 2424 taka/decimal while it was the lowest for Sikribi sheem-2 when grown in trellis support system (155.66) and the corresponding gross margin was 984 taka/decimal. So growers can ensure more profit (more than 2000 taka per decimal) by cultivating Sikribi sheem-1 during the summer season in the Sylhet region, followed by SB003.

Keywords:

Photo-insensitive, trellis, staking system, pod yield per plant, genotypes


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T Akter, HK Tamanna, MZ Akhi, B Debnath and MS Islam*. 2022. EVALUATION OF PHOTO-INSENSITIVE COUNTRY BEAN GENOTYPES UNDER VARIED SUPPORT SYSTEMS, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 9(1): 27-33.