?EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MULCHES ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF LATE PLANTED GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUML.)

Authors

  • M.A. BATEN Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
  • B.S. NAHAR Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
  • S.C SARKER Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.
  • M.A.H. KHAN Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.

Keywords:

Garlic, Mulches, Growth.

Abstract

The use of water-hyacinth root, rice straw and dried grass as mulches was evaluated for their effects on the
growth and yield of late planted garlic at Bangladesh Agricultural University farm during 1990-91 growing season.
Plants treated with any kind of mulches under study significantly increased plant height. number of leaves per plant.
length of leaf, length of pseudostem, number of roots per plant, bulb and neck diameter over the control. These
mulches significantly influenced bothon chlorophyll-a andchlorophyll-b contents. Bulb length.bulb diameter, clove
length, clove diameter, clove number per bulb. 100 clove weight and yield were also significantly higher in plants
treated with mulches. All mulches provided weed control as well. Among the treatments. water-hyacinth root was
proved to be superior asmulching materialinproducing garlic.Alltypes ofmulches inthis study highly compensated
the reduction of yield of garlic due to late planting.

Published

1995-05-22

How to Cite

BATEN, M., NAHAR, B., SARKER, S., & KHAN, M. (1995). ?EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MULCHES ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF LATE PLANTED GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUML.). Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 38(3-4), 138–141. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2455

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3-4 (1995): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles