IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE VARIETIES FOR SEED PRODUCTION OF JUTE IN NON-TRADITIONAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH

M G Mostofa,C K Saha,M Al-Mamun,M Z Hossain,A Miah

doi:10.3329/bjpbg.v30i1.36531

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Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari (representing hilly areas), Agricultural Research Station, Satkhira and Jute Research Station, Patuakhali (representing saline areas) with seven varieties of jute and one variety of kenaf to find out the seed production potentiality in non-traditional areas. All varieties were sown in late July to mid August in 2009 to 2011. At hilly station white jute varieties (BJRI Deshi Pat-6, CVL-1 and BJRI Deshi Pat-5) performed better for seed production than tossa jute and kenaf varieties. At saline station (both Satkhira and Patuakhali) kenaf variety HC-95 performed better for seed yield than white and tossa jute varieties (O-9897, OM-1, BJRI Tossa Pat-4 and BJRI Tossa Pat-5). The kenaf variety (HC-95) produced the highest yield (0.86 ton/ha) in saline areas. Among the white jute varieties, BJRI Deshi Pat-5 gave the highest yield (0.66 ton/ha) and in case of tossa jute varieties, BJRI Tossa Pat-5 gave the highest seed yield (0.70 ton/ha). Therefore, BJRI Deshi Pat-5 of white jute, BJRI Tossa Pat-5 and HC-95 of kenaf are considered as the best varieties for seed production in hilly and saline areas of Bangladesh, respectively.

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Jute is the second most important bast fibre after cotton, in terms of usage, global consumption, production and availability
Seeds of three white jute varieties viz. CVL-1, BJRI Deshi Pat-5 and BJRI Deshi Pat-6, four tossa jute varieties viz. O-9897, OM-1, BJRI Tossa Pat-4 and BJRI Tossa Pat-5 and one kenaf variety HC-95 were sown in late July to Mid
Analysis of variance revealed that non significant variances were observed among the treatments for plant population, plant height, branches plant-1, pods plant-1, seeds pod-1, 1000-seed weight and seed yield at hilly and saline areas (Table 1, 2)

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Introduction

Jute is the second most important bast fibre after cotton, in terms of usage, global consumption, production and availability. HC-95 of kenaf are considered as the best varieties for seed production in hilly and saline areas of Bangladesh, respectively. Bangladesh requires about 5500-6000 tons jute and kenaf seeds in every year, of which only 10-15% is produced and distributed by the BADC (Ali et al, 2003).

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