| dc.description.abstract | The experiment was conducted at the Research Field of the Agronomy Department,
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, during the
Aman season, 2016 to evaluate the effect of cowdung and sulphur on the growth and
yield of aromatic rice. The study consisted of the following factors and treatments,
Factor-A: Four levels of sulphur indicated as S0, S1, S2 and S3 (0, 6, 12 and 18 kg
elemental S ha-1 from zypsum, respectively), and Factor-B: Two levels of cowdung
indicated as CD0 and CD1 (0, 10 t ha-1, respectively). Treatment combination were, T1 =
CD0 × S0, T2 = CD0 × S1, T3, = CD0 × S2, T4 = CD0 × S3, T5 = CD1 × S0, T6 = CD1 × S1,
T7 = CD1 × S2, and T8 = CD1 × S3. The single and interaction effect of cowdung and
sulphur had significantly influenced on the grain and straw yield of rice. Application of
cowdung (10 t ha-1) with 12 kg elemental S fertilizers ha-1 recorded significantly higher
yield over rest of the treatments. This was followed by cowdung (10 t ha-1) with 12 kg S.
The effect of cowdung and sulphur fertilizer increased plant height (cm), number of total
tillers hill-1, number of effective tillers hill-1, panicle length (cm), number of grains
panicle-1, number of filled grains panicle-1, number of sterile grain panicle-1, weight of
1000-grain weight (g), grain yield (t ha-1), straw yield (t ha-1) and biological yield (t ha-1).
The highest grain yield (4.03 t ha-1) and straw yield (7.11 t ha-1) were obtained by the
CD1 S2 treatment. Combined effect of cowdung and sulphur had significantly
influenced on the availability of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur content
and uptake in the grain of aromatic rice cv. Tulsimala. Nutrient content in the grain was
the lowest at CD0 S0 (control) treatment and the highest was at CD1 S2 treatment
except P content in grain and straw. CD1 S2 treatment performed best of all the
treatments. | en_US |
