Volume 2 Issue 3 (September 2016)

Muhammad Shafiqul Hoq Akand¹, Nizamul Haque Patwary¹, Zuairia Sultana¹, Mst. Mahbuba Khatun¹, Ruhal Amin²

¹Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
²Department of Horticulture and Postharvest Technology, Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-E- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

The present experiment was conducted at the Horticulture farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, to study the effect of growth regulators on the growth and flowering of tuberose during the period from 01 May 2005 to 30 April 2006. Three different treatments of growth regulators (GA3, Ethrel and control) as foliar application were used for this purpose. Data were collected on flower yield and yield contributing character. The results demonstrated that foliar application of growth regulators had significant effect on the parameters studied except number of floret in 100 gm. GA3 showed better performance in respect of plant height but ethrel slightly reduced plant height compared to the control. GA3 and ethrel showed better performance in case of number of leaves per plant over control. Growth regulators influenced number of side shoot/plant. Maximum number of side shoot per plant 16.61 was obtained from GA3, while the least number of side shoot per plant (12.19) was found in control. The highest height of the side shoot was found 53.86 cm from GA3 while lowest height of side shoot 49.00 cm was found from ethrel tretment. The maximum number of leaves 14.96 was obtained from the plant treated with GA3 which is the least in control (12.15). The plants sprayed with GA3 initiated spike earlier (77.5 days) but it was 82.56 days in control. The maximum duration of flowering (18.13 days) was obtained from plants treated with ethrel while minimum duration of flowering (15.55 days) was found in the control. Length of the spike both for mother plant and for side shoot, including length of rachis increased with the increase of the bulb size and application of GA3. GA3 gave the highest spike diameter (0.99 cm) while minimum spike diameter (0.86) was obtained from the control.  GA3 gave the maximum weight of single spike (39.00 gm) but control treatment (35.66 gm) was found to be inferior to the all other treatments. GA3 produced the maximum number of florets per spike (43.32) while the minimum number of floret per spike (38.91) was found from control. GA3 produced the highest number (380.59 thousands) of spike/ha while minimum number of spikes/ha (339.05 thousands) was in control treatment. The highest yield (15.00 t/ha) was obtained from the treatment GA3 but the control plants produced the lowest yield of spike per hectare (12.40 ton/ha).

Key words: Growth regulator, Growth performance, Flowering, Tuberose

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: shafiqdae@yahoo.com (MSH Akand)

Cite this article: Akand M.S.H., Patwary N.H., Sultana Z., Khatun M.M. and Amin R. (2016). Effect of growth regulators on growth and flowering of tuberose cv. single. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 103-107. 

Shahana Sultana^* and Md. Shahiduzzaman

On-Farm Research Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Mymensingh-2200, Bangladesh

The experiment was conducted at Muktagacha, Mymensingh during 2015-16, to study the effect of three different plant spacing on the growth and yield of sweet potato varieties aimed at designing a production system for medium sized sweet potato tubers. Three plant spacing viz. 60 cm × 30 cm, 50 cm × 30 cm and 30 cm × 25 cm (farmers’ practice) were used as treatment variables. BARI SP 11, an improved sweet potato variety was compared with a local sweet potato cultivar through this experiment. Results revealed that 50 cm × 30 cm plant spacing performed better in case of number of tuber per plant, tuber weight, tuber diameter and yielded the highest (20.53 t ha^-1) followed by 60 cm × 30 cm spacing (17.07 t ha^-1). The lowest tuber per plant, tuber weight, tuber diameter and tuber yield (15.22 t ha^-1) was recorded with 30 cm × 25 cm plant spacing. Between the two varieties, BARI SP 11 performed better in all the parameters (vine length, tuber weight per plant, tuber length and diameter) except numbers of tuber per plant and yielded highest (18.29 t ha^-1) over local cultivar (16.92 t ha^-1). However, there were no significant different in case of interactions between plant spacing and sweet potato varieties. Economic analysis showed that the spacing 50 cm × 30 cm along with BARI SP 11 gave the maximum gross return (Tk 2,53,560 ha^-1) and gross margin (Tk. 1,88,060 ha^-1). The lowest gross return (Tk 1,80,000 ha^-1) and gross margin (Tk 1,08,610 ha^-1) was estimated from local sweet potato with farmers’ practice (30 cm × 25 cm). The highest BCR (3.87) was found from BARI SP 11 with 50 cm × 30 cm spacing and the lowest BCR (2.52) was calculated from local cultivar with 30 cm × 25 cm spacing. Therefore, 50 cm × 30 cm spacing are recommended for the cultivation of sweet potato for both the varieties in Muktagacha of Mymensingh district.

Key words: Sweet potato, Spacing, Cultivar, Vine, Tuber yield

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: shahana7s@yahoo.com (Shahana Sultana)

Cite this article: Sultana S. and Shahiduzzaman M. (2016). Effect of plant spacing on the growth and yield of sweet potato cultivars in medium highland condition under AEZ-9. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 108-112. 

Md. Hadiujjaman^1,5, Md. Mostafizur Rahman^2*, Md. Didarul Ahasan³, Most. Arjuman Banu⁴, Mst. Minara Khatun⁵, Md. Alimul Islam⁵

¹Upazila Livestock Officer, Department of Livestock Services, Fulchhari, Gaibandha-6760, Bangladesh
²Veterinary Surgeon, Department of Livestock Services, Bahubal, Habigonj-3310, Bangladesh
³Veterinary Surgeon, Department of Livestock Services, Bochagang, Dinajpur-5216, Bangladesh
⁴Department of Biology, Bogra Cantonment Public School and College, Shajahanpur, Bogra-5800, Bangladesh
⁵Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Escherichia Coli  isolated from broiler, layer, sonali and indigenous breeds of chicken from Bogra, Gazipur and Joypurhat districts of Bangladesh were used for in-vitro drug sensitivity test in the Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University. Eight commonly used antibiotic discs of different groups were used for antibiotic sensitivity tests of the isolated E. coli. Among the antibiotics Amoxicillin and Tetracycline were 100% resistant and 0% sensitive and intermediate sensitive. Ciprofloxacin was 4.48% sensitive, 20.90% intermediate and 74% resistant. Cephradin was 0% sensitive, 20.90% intermediate and 79.10% resistant. Cephalexin was 20.90% sensitive, 55.22% intermediate and 23.88% resistant. Gentamycin was 89.55%, 4.48% intermediate to 7.46% resistant. Kanamycin was 86.57% sensitive, 5.97% intermediate and 7.46 % resistant. Streptomycin was 1.49% sensitive, 0% intermediate and 80.60% resistant. Considering all the matters multidrug resistant E. coli is prevailing in apparently healthy chicken, which may become a big threat for poultry industry and as well as for human health.

Key words: Antibiotic sensitivity, E. coli, Healthy chicken, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: mostafizvet@gmail.com (Md. Mostafizur Rahman)

Cite this article: Hadiujjaman M., Rahman M.M., Ahasan M.D., Banu M. A., Khatun M. M. and Islam M. A. (2016). Antibiotic sensitivity of Escherichia Coli isolated from apparently healthy chicken of selected areas of Bangladesh. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 113-121. 

K Samaddar¹, MM Rahman*, Z  Haque², MM Haq¹,  MA Rahman¹, MR Molla¹

¹Department of Surgery and Obstetrics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
²Department of Anatomy and Histology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

The reproductive disorders are major causes of reduced fertility in cows that diminish the total annual calf crop resulting in great economic loss in Bangladesh. The aim of the study was to find out the relative prevalence of reproductive disorders in crossbred and indigenous cows and goat in the South-Western Bangladesh. Records of reproductive disorders were reviewed from the official disease register of Upazilla (Sub-district) Livestock Offices during April 2014 to March 2015. Seasonal occurrence of reproductive disorders was recorded. Descriptive statistics was done to calculate the prevalence of different reproductive disorders of cattle in different regions of the Mymensingh district. Out of 76,601 clinical cases, a total of 3369 reproductive disorders of cows and does were screened out as study population. The overall prevalence of reproductive disorders was 4.4% in the South-Western Bangladesh. The occurance of reproductive disorders was higher in Jessore (32.88%) and lower in Bagerhat (9.08%). The study reveals that the most common reproductive surgical affections in the study area are Teat crack&Teat obstruction (28.3%) followed by Retained Placenta (23.3%), Vaginal prolapsed(16.8), Uterine prolapsed (10.3%), Gangrenous mastitis (8.9%), Vginal myiasis (6.9%), Pyometra (2.5%) and Dystocia (2.3%). Prevalence of Surgical reproductive disorders was recorded higher in Cows (66.13%) than in Does (33.86%) in The South-Western Bangladesh. The prevalence of reproductive disorders was higher in crossbreed in both cattle (44.43%) and goat (22.05%) than that of indigenous cattle (21.67%) and goat  (11.84%). Moreover, In case of Cows, occurrence of surgical disorders was higher (45.80%) in the summer season followed by the winter (12.97%) and the rainy season (7.36%) Likewise the percentage of surgical disorders was higher in Summer (21.28%) than that of Rainy (2.43%) and Winter Season (2.05%) in case of goat. It seems that all these reproductive surgical affections may leads to severe health hazards to cattle and goat and the constraint on reproduction of the animals in Bangladesh and thus economical losses occurred. Reproductive health care practice needs to be strengthened for good economic return. This study also suggests that proper surgical correction by skilled veterinarian could solve the problem as early as possible in order to protect the animal from these maladies.

Key words: Surgical affection, Reproduction, Cow and Doe, South-West  Bangladesh

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: miznih@gmail.com (MM Rahman)

Cite this article: Samaddar K.,  Rahman M.M., Haque Z., Haq M.M., Rahman M.A. and Molla M.R. (2016). Surgical affections of reproductive disorders in cows and does in the south-western Bangladesh. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 122-126. 

Rumana Momotaz^1,*, Most Arifunnahar¹, Shaikh Sharmin Siddique³, Salma Sarker¹ and Remi Chakma²

¹Plant Pathology Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh
²Seed Technology division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh
³Plant Pathology Division, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Jessore-7400, Bangladesh

Sclerotium rolfsii demonstrated major harmful effect on plant growth due to strict root colonization, whereas, presence of the microbial antagonists showed significant optimistic effect on plant growth by declining the colonization of roots by S. rolfsii. The efficacy of seed treatment, soil treated with Tricho compost and soil drenching with fungicide on foot rot of groundnut was studied in the research field and laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh. The experiment was designed as a Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) containing eight treatments. All treatments (1. soil drenching by Contaf 5 EC 0.1 %, 2. seed treatment with Provex 2.5 gkg^-1 seed, 3. soil treatment by Tricho compost 2.5 tha^-1, 4. combine application of soil treatment by Contaf 5 EC 0.1 % and seed treatment with Provex 2.5 gkg^-1 seed, 5. soil drenching by Contaf 5 EC 0.1 % and soil treated by Tricho compost 2.5 tha^-1, 6.  seed treatment with Provex 2.5 gkg^-1 seed and soil treated by Tricho compost 2.5 tha^-1, and 7. soil drenching by Contaf 5 EC 0.1 %, seed  treatment with Provex 2.5 gkg^-1 seed and soil treated by Tricho compost 2.5 tha^-1) tested confirmed significantly lower percentages of foot rot infection by Sclerotium rolfsii and resulted in higher nut yield compared to untreated control. The highest nut yield was observed in case of seed treatment with Provex 2.5 gkg^-1 seed and soil drenching with Contaf 5 EC 0.1 %, followed by another combination of seed treatment, soil drenching and soil treatment. Although, individual application of different treatments did not gave as better results as combine application of treatments. Our findings pointed out the effective management of foot rot and significant yield benefit from groundnut can be obtained through integrated use of seed treatment with Provex 2.5 gkg^-1 seed and Contaf 5 EC 0.1 % for soil drenching.

Key words: Foot rot, Groundnut, Trichoderma, Integrated Disease Management, Sclerotium rolfsii

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: rumanamtz@yahoo.com (Rumana Momotaz)

Cite this article: Momotaz, R., Arifunnaha, M., Siddique, S.S., Sarker, S. and Chakma, R. (2016). Integrated management of foot rot disease of groundnut with seed and soil treatments. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 127-133. 

Nazmunnahar Nipa, Md. Rais Uddin Mian* and Md. Aynul Haque

Department of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

The present study was undertaken to observe the socioeconomic status of Tangail Saree (women cloth) handloom weavers and their problems. Keeping in view the objective, 50 respondents were selected from 5 villages of Tangail sadar upazila of whom 28 were small, 13 were medium and those of 9 were large according to loan size taken from various sources. Socio-economic characteristics of the weavers revealed that majority of the respondents were in 20-40 years. The overall family size stood at 5.42. All the weavers were literate, however only 22 % were qualified above secondary level. Almost 82 % respondents were engaged in weaving as their main occupation and some of them had other occupations as subsidiary. The average annual incomes of the respondents were Tk 164050 for small, Tk 294615.38 for medium and Tk 730311.11 for large category. The respective average annual expenditures were Tk 157850, 285384.62 and 16533.33. That’s why the annual average savings of the weavers were Tk 6529, 9230.78 and 13777.78 respectively. The study identified some problems like lack of adequate credit facilities, high price of raw materials, low price of product, political viability, lack of proper technology, etc.  The respondents also suggested some solutions from their own point of view. Provision of institutional credit, increased marketing facilities, govt. patronage, etc. might help the respondents to get rid of the identified problems. .

Key words: Handloom weaver, Socioeconomic status, Problem, Tangail Saree

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address: raisagfin@yahoo.com (Md. Rais Uddin Mian)

Cite this article: Nipa, N., Mian,  M. R. U. and Haque, M. A. (2016). Socioeconomic status and problem of Tangail Saree handloom weavers in Bangladesh. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 134-140. 

Jubaidur Rahman^1*, Mukaddasul Islam Riad², Fouzia Sultana Shikha³, Md. Faridul Islam¹ and Nasima Akter⁴

¹Agronomy Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh
²Plant Genetic Resources Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh
³Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh
⁴Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh

An Experiment was conducted at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Jamalpur during rabi 2014-2015 and rabi 2015-2016 to find out the optimum plant population of brinjal in brinjal sweet gourd intercropping systems(s). Intercrop combinations were viz., sole brinjal (80 cm × 60 cm), sole sweet gourd (2 m × 2 m), 100% brinjal + 100% sweet gourd, 100% brinjal + 75% sweet gourd, 100% brinjal + 50% sweet gourd and 100% brinjal + 25% sweet gourd. The result indicated that the highest gross return (Tk. 599300/ha) and cost of cultivation (Tk. 140000/ha) were obtained from (2014-15 and 2015-16) 100% brinjal + 100% sweet gourd followed by 100% brinjal + 75% sweet gourd. The highest gross margin (Tk 462200/ha) and BCR (4.37) were obtained from (2014-15 and 2015-16) 100% brinjal + 75% sweet gourd followed by 100% brinjal + 100% sweet gourd. Brinjal equivalent yield of all intercropping was higher than sole cropping indicating higher productivity of intercropping. The highest brinjal equivalent yield (2014-15 and 2015-16) (29.97 and 28.65 t/ha) was found in followed by 100% brinjal + 100% sweet gourd followed by 100% brinjal + 75% sweet gourd. 100% brinjal + 75% sweet gourd and 100% brinjal + 100% sweet gourd would be agronomically feasible and economically profitable.

Key words: Intercropping, Sweet gourd, Brinjal, Benefit cost ratio

*Corresponding author.
E-mail address:  jubaidurjp@gmail.com (Jubaidur Rahman)

Cite this article: Rahman, J., Riad, M.I., Shikha, F.S., Islam, M.F. and Akter, N. (2016). Intercropping of sweet gourd with brinjal at different plant population. Intl. J. Appl. Res. 2, 3, 141-144.