Back A. R. Chowdhury, M. M. Hossain, M. S. Mia, A. J. M. S. Karim, J. Haider, N. I. Bhuiyan and Kh. Saifuddin
IPSA, Salna, Gazipur and Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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Abstract
A series of four experiments, including one pot experiment, with four treatments
(control, fertilizer, cow dung, and rice straw) with and without effective
microorganisms (EM) were conducted in Bangladesh. The crops were string
bean, rice, red pepper (grown in pots), and Indian spinach. In most cases,
the amendments significantly influenced yield. EM increased yield of string
bean (146percent) and red pepper (up to 98 percent) except when red pepper
was grown on soil amended with rice straw. Rice yields were consistently
but non-significantly increased (17percent) as a result of EM application.
EM slightly but negatively influenced the yield of Indian spinach.