An experiment was conducted at Jute Agricultural Experimental Station, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Jagir, Manikganj to find out the fiber yield and yield attributes of some tossa jute varieties at varying sowing dates. Four tossa jute variety i.e., BJRI tossapat9, JRO-524, O-9897 and BJRI tossapat8 were used as treatment under two sowing dates i.e. 5th and 25th March. The experiment followed RCBD design with three replications. Results revealed that, the sowing date of 25th March produced the highest plant height (302.8cm), base diameter (16.71mm) and dry fiber weight per plant (14.84g). Among four tested varieties BJRI tossapat9 produced the highest amount of green plant weight with leaf, green plant weight without leaf and dry fiber weight per plant (224g, 198.5g, 16g, respectively). JRO-524 performed lower in most cases.
Key words: Jute, sowing date, variety, fiber yield
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