An Updated Dose Assessment for Late Jute Seed Production

Md Saheb Ali,Sarmin Shahanaz,Md Mahbubul Islam,Md Marfudul Hoque,Md Nasimul Gani

doi:10.11648/j.ajpb.20190403.13

Abstract

Jute seed scarcity in Bangladesh is a major problem for jute growers as jute and allied fibres are the most economic product for the country. Seed is a critical input for jute crop as it is not possible to get both the seed and fibre from the same crop. Organized late jute seed production is lacking in the whole country of Bangladesh. Therefore, updating seed production potential of jute was tested under Jute experimental station of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute. Following the strategy, additional nutrient response to O-9897 and O-72 (Chorcorus olitorius L.) in late jute seed production was assessed in Jute Agriculture Experimental Station (JAES), Manikganj, Bangladesh during the late Jute season. A highly significant effect was observed for plant height, number of branches/plant, number of pods/plant, number of seeds/pod and seed yield with the application of increasing doses of NPK fertilizer. Significantly high seed yields were found with the application of additional 25% NP or 25% NPK with existing recommended doses of fertilizer for late jute seed production for the varieties.

Highlights

In Bangladesh, annually the farmers require about 30 thousand tons of seeds annually
Plant population: There was no significant variation in plant population with the increasing dose of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer application on late jute seed production
The application of additional fertilizers did not have any significant effect on the number of plants/m2

Summary

Introduction

In Bangladesh, annually the farmers require about 30 thousand tons of seeds annually. Many jute farmers use to produce jute crops by their own seeds to meet their requirements but such seeds are of poor quality. The jute growers in Bangladesh generally do not grow a separate jute crop for seed production as it requires long time from March to December which hampers transplant aman rice and rabi (winter) crops. The farmers usually keep a small portion of the crop at one corner of the field to produce seed and rest of the crop is harvested for fibre. This traditional system of seed production is characterized by low yield and poor quality of seed. Quality seed of an improved variety itself provide 20 percent additional yield of the crop [1]

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