Effect of Different Organic Manures and Varieties on Growth Parameter of Sprouting Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica plenck)
Mukesh Kumar
Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb, Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, RaeBareli Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P., India.
Rubee Lata
Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb, Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, RaeBareli Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P., India.
Subhash Verma *
Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb, Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, RaeBareli Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P., India.
Shani Kumar
Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb, Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, RaeBareli Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P., India.
Braj Kishor
Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb, Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, RaeBareli Road, Lucknow 226025, U.P., India.
. Veersain
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology Modipurum Meerut Pin code- 250110, U.P. India.
Surabhi Sangam
Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour Bhagalpur Pin Code- 813210, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Studies on the effect of different organic sources (soil, FYM, cocopeat, vermicompost, neem cake, and poultry manure) and varieties (V2 Pusa KTS-1 and V1 Green Head) on different growth attributes in sprouting broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica Plenck). Experiment was carried out in a factorial random block design with three replications at the Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, 226025 (U P), India, during the Rabi season of 2019-2020. We examined different growth parameters such as Plant height, Number of leaves per plant, Stem diameter (mm), Plant spread east-west (cm), Plant spread north-south (cm), Length of leaves, and Width of leaves. We found that growth parameter are highly effected by vermicompost over the poultry manure, while minimums were reported for S (soil) or control, as well as Neemcake, FYM, and cocopeat at all stages. Hence, organic manure (vermicompost) had the highest effects on growth attributes. We found that variety V2 (Pusa KTS-1) has a significantly greater effect on vermicopost than variety V1 (Green Head).
Keywords: Organic manure, varieties, broccoli, experiment, FRBD