Effect of different fertilizer doses on the yield of sesame in Charland

Abstract

To determine the optimal nutrient management packages for BARI Til-4 in Charland areas and increase production along with farmers’ income, an experiment was conducted under Charland at the multi-location testing site, Bhuapur of the On-Farm Research Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Tangail under AEZ-8 Tangail during two consecutive years of Kharif 2016 and 2017.Three different fertilizer doses were used, namely T1: 107-39-32-17-3.6-0.6 kg ha-1 (based on soil test), T2: 37-20-16-13-2-1 kg ha-1 + 5 t ha-1 cowdung (based on IPNS), and T3: 18-8-18-0-0-0 kg ha-1 NPKSZnB. (farmers practice). Between the two years, among the treatments, the soil test-based fertilizer dose provided the highest seed yield (1.39 t ha-1), which was comparable to the IPNS-based fertilizer dose (1.29 t ha-1), while the farmers' practiced fertilizer dose produced the lowest seed yield (0.78 t ha-1). T1 treatment resulted in a yield increase of 7.75 and 78.20 percent when compared to T2 and T3 treatments, respectively. The highest gross return (Tk. 65500 ha-1) and gross margin (Tk. 27637.64 ha-1) from T1 treatment, whereas the lowest return (Tk. 41500 ha-1) and gross margin (Tk. 2505.04 ha-1) were obtained from farmer practice. According to the overall results, a soil test-based fertilizer dose may be recommended in Charland sections of AEZ-8 for increased production and economic return.

Yield Performance Study of Bina Developed Sesame Varieties under Agro-Ecological Conditions of Mymensingh District in Bangladesh

“…It has been cultivated as a crop in Asia for about 5,000 years (Bisht et al, 1998). It is the third largest source of edible oil in Bangladesh (Roy et al, 2022). On an area of 83,168 acres (BBS, 2020), 31,786 tons of sesame are produced.…”