Author(s):

Mahendra Kumar Atal, Deepa H Dwivedi, SL Narolia, Navaldey Bharty and Ritu Kumari

Abstract: The field experiment was conducted at Horticultural Research Farm of the Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya-Vihar, Rai-Bareli Road, Lucknow (U.P.) – 226025, India during Rabi season of 2016-17. The experiment comprised of 8 treatments replicated three times in a Randomized Block Design. The plant height was found maximum (64.07 cm) recorded in treatment T_6. At harvest stage maximum number of leaves (20.16 cm), Length of leaves (47.73cm), Leaves width (23.46 cm), Stem diameter (3.20 cm), Plant spread (59.91 cm), Curd diameter (13.46 cm) Weight of curd (355 g), Total number of secondary curds (10.08) Weight of curds (3.19 kg/plot), Curd yield (175.49 q/ha), Fresh weight of plant (1132.66 g), Dry weight of plant (0.203 g), Fresh weight of root (82 g) Dry weight of root (0.021 g), Root length (17.80 cm), Root spread (24.7 cm), was maximum recorded under T₇ (Biofertilizer + Vermicompost) treatment. It is recommended for higher production of sprouting broccoli was under Lucknow conditions.

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