Research Activities of BRAC Vegetable Sector (2011-2012)

Presented by Dr. S. C. Biswas

Activities

A. Variety Screening (Cucumber, Yardlong bean, Cauliflower,

Cabbage, Coriander, Mustard, Wheat)

B. Variety Development (Pumpkin, Brinjal, Bitter gourd, Small bitter gourd (Uchcheya), Ridge gourd,

Snake gourd).

Variety Screening of CucumberVari-ety

Mainvinelength

No. of br./plant

Totalfr/plant

Fr. wt./fruit

1st

picking(days)

Yield/acre(Kg)

Remarks

CV18 193.30 5.33 5.00 167.00 34.00 2338.00 Bitter taste

CV21 148.00 6.00 7.00 97.00 34.00 1086.40 Small size fruits

CV31 165.00 5.50 4.00 115.00 36.00 1833.00 Virus susceptible

CV80 180.00 6.00 4.00 168.00 36.00 1881.00 Good variety

CV88 185.00 5.67 5.67 180.00 37.00 2852.00 Good variety

CV93 200.00 7.00 6.50 228.67 34.00 2850.00 Best variety

Alavy(Check)

180.00 6.00 4.00 178.00 37.00 1993.00 Lal Teer Seed

Note: All the varieties are being grown in the current Kh-1 season for their further evaluation.

Variety Plant height(cm)

No. of bran-ches/plant

No. of fruit clus-ter/plant

Fruit length (cm)

Fruit dia-meter (cm)

Fruit wt/fruit

Fruit color

Virus inci-dence(%)

Yield/ acre(Kg)

54SYB04(H.O supplied)

301.8 1.8 2.6 46.6 0.66 15.4 Whitish Green

4.6 1663

54SYB06(H.O supplied)

274.0 1.4 2.4 54.0 0.80 22.8 Whitish Green

4.5 1355

KGN 290.0 5.4 2.0 44.8 0.68 13.4 Green 15.6 1078P-12(BARDC)

302.0 5.6 2.4 45.4 0.68 15.0 Green 7.9 2094

TOKI 318.0 5.0 2.4 44.2 0.78 17.0 Green 11.7 1287Tasti Thai 304.8 6.4 2.4 45.6 0.84 21.0 Light

Green4.5 2218

LAl Beni 282.0 4.2 2.4 51.8 0.80 19.0 Red 12.5 1786Swarnalata 268.0 4.8 3.8 48.4 0.74 15.4 Red 11.2 1910

Shova-1(BARDC)

306.0 5.8 2.4 47.6 0.64 11.0 Red 20.6 1879

Performance Trial of Different Yard Long Bean Varieties

Note: Has been requested to send green fruited variety.

Variety Screening of CauliflowerSl.no.

Variety 1st harves-ting (days)

Final harves-ting(days)

Crop dura-tion(days)

Yield/acre(MT)

Remarks

1 Advanta-413

47 57 87 15.20 Mid season typevariety

2 White marble

47 58 88 15.02 Early season typevariety

3 White snow

54 63 93 19.78 Late season typevariety

4 TropicalEleven

51 61 91 19.15 Mid season typevariety

5 Advanta-403

43 56 86 13.08 Extra early season typevariety

6 Advanta-410

48 59 89 15.76 Early season typevariety

Note: Has been requested to supply more extra early season type varieties.

Variety Screening of CabbageSl.no.

Variety 1st harves-ting (days)

Final harves-ting(days)

Crop Dura-tion(days)

Yield/acre(MT)

Remarks

1 Rare Ball 64 78 107 18.20 Early season typevariety

2 Green Coronet

76 94 123 23.13 Mid season typevariety

3 Advanta-1303

62 79 108 21.22 Early season typevariety

4 KE-739 75 93 122 29.69 Mid season typevariety

5 Tropic Sun Plus

71 82 111 26.26 Mid season typevariety

6 KA-780 59 72 101 20.54 Early season typevariety

Note: Has been requested to supply more extra early season type varieties.

Performance Trial of 3 Coriander Varieties

Variety Days taken to1st harv-esting

Plant height(cm)

Plant spread-ing(cm)

Length of leaves(cm)

Width of leaves(cm)

Plant wt./plant(g)

Yield/acre(tons)

Remarks

Ramses(Check )

32.00 24.80 22.30 20.20 6.30 18.50 2.20 Lal Teer Variety

SungroSeeds(Check )

32.00 24.40 22.60 24.80 11.80 19.60 2.35 Good variety

GreenAroma

30.00 24.30 25.70 26.80 12.00 20.20 2.54 Best variety

Performance trial of F1 hybrid mustard variety (2011-2012).

Variety Days taken to 1st flower-ing

Plantheight (cm)

Total bran-ches/plant

Total no. of fruits/plant

1000 seed wt (g)

Seed yield/plant (g)

Final harves-ting date

Crop dura-tion

Yield(kg/acre)

Tori­­-7 20.00 90.4 5.4 238.2 2.16 5.39 29.01.12 90 113.99

BARI-11 32.00 149.9 3.8 386.8 3.30 10.17 17.02.12 109 603.77

Q 0001(F1 hybrid)

32.00 174.6 4.2 510.7 2.33 9.77 14.02.12 106 590.95

Note: Has been requested to supply more short duration with moderate yield varieties.

F1 Hybrid Mustard VarietyCharacteristics• High yielding yellow

seeded variety.• Robust and hardy type

uniform plants.• Moderate early type

mustard variety.• Tolerant to major pests &

diseases.• Double transplanted rice

can be cultivated after mustard harvesting and productivity can be increased significantly.

BRRI Dhan-33 (Double Transplanted)

Double Transplanted Rice After High yielding Mustard

Variety Plant height (cm)

No. of tillers/plant

Ear length (cm)

No. of grains/ear

1000- seed wt (gm)

Yield(kg/acre)

Crop dura-tion

Days to head-ing

Remarks

Pradip 86.21 13.19 10.16 50.32 50.84 1253.33 123.00 48.50 12.13%increased yield was obtained in hybrid wheat

MB-11 78.45 14.50 10.59 61.00 48.45 1395.00 118.00 50.00

Performance Trial of a Hybrid Wheat Variety

Note: More trial is needed and light red coloured as well as bold seeded variety having higher yield potential is requested to supply.

Hybrid Wheat-MB-11

Characteristics• Well adapted variety.• It had more tillers/plant.• Early type variety.• Slightly higher yield than

the OP variety.• Tolerant to major diseases.• Red coloured small size

non uniform grain.

Sl. no

Name of vegetables

Promising combinations

Characteristics Distinctive characteristics

01 Pumpkin(F1)

MK X Janata High yielding type hybrid variety, robust type plant with vigorous growth, larger size fruits with orange coloured thicker flesh. Green fruits can be harvested from 70-80 DAS. Very good taste & its Brix value is around 10.Yield 30-35 tons/acre.

Robust type plants with big size fruits, it can produce fruits in both Kh-1 & Kh-2 season.

02 Brinjal(F1)

EFGF(green) X Hazari

All season type variety, bushy type robust plants, prolific bearing, early fruiting, 100-120 gm. purple fruits can be harvested at 45-46 DAT. Yield 25-30 tons/acre.

Early fruiting, tolerant to major diseases & pests. Fruits can be harvested for a longer period.

03 Bitter gourd (F1)

604-B (a) X 615 High yielding F1 hybrid, green coloured medium size fruits can be harvested after 45-46 DAS. Tolerant to major diseases. Each fruit had 20-21 cm length & fruit wt. 120-140 gm. Yield- 9-10 tons/acre.

Prolific bearing, good fruit size & shape, moderate bitterness taste.

Mirer Sarai-A X 615-A

High yielding hybrid. Vigorous plant s with good fruiting habit, medium size green fruits, marketable size fruits can be harvested from 45-46 DAS. Fruit length- 17-18 cm & fruit wt. 110-120 gm. Yield-8-9 tons /acre.

Medium size green fruits, fruits can be harvested for a longer period.

03 Bitter gourd (small)/ Uchchey (OP)

Ratna Prolific yielder, early season type OP variety season. Good looking fleshy uniform fruits . Fruit weight about 25 gm – 30 gm. Yield 7-8 tons /acre. Fruits can be harvested for a longer period. It can be cultivated almost throughout the year.

Early type prolific variety with good fruit size , shape & colour .

04 Bottle gourd (F1)

S2 X Cys(medium)

All season type hybrid, stronger plants with good spreading habit, prolific bearing hybrid, cylindrically long fruits can be harvested only after 65 days of seed sowing. Average fruit length-35-40 cm. & fruit wt.-1.5-2.00 Kg. Yield/acre-20-21 tons/acre.Very good taste.

All season type hybrid,tolerant to major diseases.

06 Ridge gourd (F1)

RGB-002 X Neelima

High yielding F1 hybrid, early type advance line, tolerant to virus disease, deep green coloured uniform size fruits can be harvested within 42-43 days after sowing, fruits c an be harvested for a longer period. Average fruit length-30-32cm. & wt./fruit 215- 220 gm. Yield /acre- 9-10 tons/acre.

Good uniformity in fruit shape & size, tolerant to virus disease.

07 Snake gourd(F1)

Midilong –B X Patang- a(C)

Robust type plants with good spreading habit, prolific bearer, medium size light green fruits can be harvested at 65 DAS.Fruit length-25-26 cm.& average fruit wt.-150-160 gm. Yield- 8-9 tons/ acre.

It can be cultivated as early season vegetable.

Production Report (2011-2012)