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Assessment of The Performance of Different Forms of Boron on Yield of Cauliflower in West Bengal Condition

A.Banerjee, S. Mukherjee and F. H. Rahman

Abstract

Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) is an important cruciferous vegetable crop of India. Because of over mining of the plant food elements by the crops, most of the micronutrients including boron become in short-supply to the crops and some disorders appear resulting in low yields. The present study was undertaken with an objective to assess the performance of different forms of boron available in the market on yield of cauliflower through reducing Hollow Stem disorder under West Bengal Condition. The present study was carried out by Howrah KVK during rabi season for consecutive two years (2011-12 and 2012-13) as an On-Farm Trial at 5 farmers fields of an adopted village of Howrah district in West Bengal. In each trial, there were five treatments including one control i.e. farmer’s practice. The study concludes that the hollow stem of cauliflower can effectively be managed by both T4 and T5 i.e. application of Farm Yard Manure @ 7.5 tonnes/ ha as basal and either application of Boric acid @ 0.3% or Liquid Boron @ 1.5 g/ l at 30 days after planting. The results of economic analysis reveal that highest net return as well as benefit cost ratio were also highest in T5 followed by T4

Keyword: Efficacy, Boron, Cauliflower, Hollow Stem, Yield, Economics

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