TITLE:
Varietal Performance of Turmeric under Mango Based Agroforestry System
AUTHORS:
M. M. Ali, M. M. Rahman, S. Islam, M. A. Islam, M. R. Alam, M. S. Bari, M. N. Nahar
KEYWORDS:
Turmeric, Mango, Suitability, Agroforestry System, Varieties, Sole Cropping
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.9 No.5,
April
20,
2018
ABSTRACT: An experiment was carried
out at the Agroforestry and Environment Research Farm, Hajee Mohammad Danesh
Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh, during April, 2014 to
January 2015. The experiment was laid out in two factors Randomized Complete
Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Among the two factors, one factor
like A was two production systems: S1 = Mango + Turmeric and S2 = Turmeric (sole crop); another factor like B
was three turmeric variety: V1 = BARI Holud-1, V2 = BARI
Holud-2 and V3 = BARI Holud-3. So, the treatment combinations were:
S1V1 = Mango + BARI Holud-1, S1V2 =
Mango + BARI Holud-2, S1V3 = Mango + BARI Holud-3,
S2V1 = sole cropping of BARI Holud-1, S2V2 = sole cropping of BARI Holud-2 and S2V3 = sole cropping
of BARI Holud-3. The
result of the experiment revealed that interaction effect of production systems
and variety was found significant on plant height, number of leaf per plant,
length of leaf blade, breadth of leaf blade, number of finger per rhizome,
fresh and dry yield per hectare. The higher fresh yield of turmeric (34.75
t/ha) and dry yield (6.10 t/ha) was found from S1V1 treatment (Mango + BARI
Holud-1). Whereas the lowest fresh yield (33.41 t/ha) and dry yield (4.93 t/ha) was found from S2V2 treatment (sole cropping of BARI Holud-2). However, the suitability of the
cultivation of different turmeric variety under mango based agroforestry
systems may be ranked as S1V1 > S2V1 > S1V3 > S2V3 > S1V2 > S2V2. Finally
it may be concluded that, BARI Holud-1 would be the best variety to be grown under mango
based agroforestry.