TITLE:
Effect of Coconut Peat on the Growth and Yield Response of Ipomoea aquatica
AUTHORS:
Md. Zulfikar Khan, Monia Dislhad Era, Md. Ariful Islam, Rikta Khatun, Afroza Begum, Shaikh Motasim Billah
KEYWORDS:
Effects, Coconut Peat, Growth, Yield Response, Moisture Content, Ipomoea aquatic
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.10 No.3,
March
11,
2019
ABSTRACT: A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the
effect of coconut peat on growth and yield response of Ipomoea aquatica for Pirojpur soil series during the period of 24th May to 25th June, 2017. The experiment was laid to fit a completely
randomized design (CRD) with five treatments [control (T0), 1000 kg
coconut peat ha-1 (T1), 1500 kg coconut peat ha-1 (T2), 2000 kg coconut peat ha-1 (T3) and 2500
kg coconut peat ha-1 (T4)] each having three replications
for this experiment. After plant harvesting, the laboratory investigation was
carried out in the Soil, Water and Environment Discipline, Khulna University,
Khulna, Bangladesh. Yield contributing characters like number of leaves, fresh
weight and dry weight were significantly (P 0) treatment but from the eye
observation and analytical data confirm increasing trend for the application of
coconut peat. Among the five treatments applied T4 treatment (2500
kg coconut peat ha-1) has shown highest response to plant growth due
to nutrient availability of the soil. The sequence of response was in the order
T4 > T3 > T2 > T1 > T0 and significantly (P 0).