Adjusting planting time of Binadhan-17 in boro season

Abstract

Boro rice (grown in winter under irrigated condition) contributes to the major portion of rice production (over 50%) in Bangladesh. Binadhan-17 is a green super rice developed by BINA which requires 30% less nitrogenous fertilizer and water which is grown in aman season (primely produced under rainfed). Due to it’s increasing popularity and adoption rice growers are keen to cultivate it in boro season also. Taking account of the above situation, two field trials were conducted at Magura during November 2019 to May 2020 to investigate the effect of variety, sowing dates and their interaction. Factorial RCBD (Randomized Complete Block Design) was applied for experimentation. Two rice varieties: Binadhan-17 (V₁), BRRI dhan58 (V₂) and three sowing times: 30^th November (T₁), 10^th December (T₂), 20^th December (T₃) were used as treatments. 35 days old seedlings were transplanted in main field. Relevant agronomic and morphological data were statistically analyzed through Statistix 10.0. Combined effect of the above factors at farm exposed that, T₁×V₁ required longest days (159.33 days) to mature. but, comparatively short life cycle (149.97 days) was observed by T₃×V₂. Maximum grain was yielded (7.70 t/ha) by T₂×V₁ and minimum (5.74 t/ha) by T₁×V₁ treatment combination. Outcomes of on station revealed that, T₁×V₁ needed more days (158.00 days) to mature; conversely, alike duration was noted with T₂×V₂ (147.20 days) and T₃×V₂ (145.43 days) which matured quite earlier. T₂×V₁ produced the highest grain yield (7.41 t/ha) and T₁×V₂ the lowest (5.94 t/ha). Our results indicate that, planting of Binadhan-17 on 10^th December may give insect-disease free grains with optimum yield in context of Magura region. Farmers will be financially benefited if they cultivate this variety in the boro season in lieu of aman; due to higher yield