Author(s)

M. M. Ali^1*, M. M. Rahman¹, S. Islam², M. A. Islam³, M. R. Alam⁴, M. S. Bari¹, M. N. Nahar¹

¹Department of Agroforestry and Environment, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
²Advanced Seed Research and Biotech Centre, ACI Limited, Dhaka, Bagladesh.
³Department of Agriculture Extension, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
⁴Department of Plant Breeding, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.

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.

Turmeric, Mango, Suitability, Agroforestry System, Varieties, Sole Cropping

Ali, M. , Rahman, M. , Islam, S. , Islam, M. , Alam, M. , Bari, M. and Nahar, M. (2018) Varietal Performance of Turmeric under Mango Based Agroforestry System. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 9, 995-1003. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2018.95076.