2012 Volume 35 Issue 1 Pages 033-039
A field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during November, 2003 to March, 2004 to study the influence of cowdung and sulphur on the economic performance and size distribution of potato tuber. Four levels of cowdung viz, 0, 7.5, 15 and 22.5 t/ha and two levels of sulphur viz., 0 and 16.36 kg S/ha were used in the experiment. Almost all the yield parameters of potato were gradually increased with the increasing level of cowdung and sulphur. The yield attributes and yield of potato were increased up to 15 tones cowdung per hectare and declined thereafter. Considering all the treatment in to account with special emphasis on the maximum marketable yield (26.46 t/ha), harvest index (0.76), gross return (Tk. 164.60 thousand/ha), net return (Tk. 103.43 thousand/ha) and BCR (2.69) with highest percentage (72.47%) of medium size tuber (30-50 mm) were obtained when 15 tones of cowdung and 16.36 kg S/ha were applied together.
