Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at the Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka during October 2017 to March 2018 to examine the effects of
variety and nitrogen on vegetative growth, morphology and curd yield of
broccoli (Brassica oleracea var italica L.). The experiment consisted of two
varieties, namely ‘Premium crop’ and ‘Green sprouting’ and four different
levels of nitrogen viz. 0 kg ha
-1
, 100 kg ha
-1
, 200 kg ha
-1
and 300 kg ha
. The
experiment was laid out in a two factorial Randomized Complete Block Design
with three replications. There were 8 treatment combinations in all. Variety of
Green sprouting gave maximum plant height, number of leaves plant
, stem
length of curd, stem length, diameter of primary curd, weight of primary curd,
number of secondary curd plant
-1
, weight of secondary curd plant
. The
maximum curd yield (19.28 t ha
-1
) was recorded from ‘Green sprouting’.
Application of 200 kg N ha
-1
recorded maximum plant height, leaves plant
,
stem length of curd, head length, diameter of primary curd, weight of primary
curd, number of secondary curd plant
-1
, weight of secondary curd plant
and
the highest curd yield (16.68 t ha
-1
). Application of 200 kg N ha
coupled with
‘Green sprouting’ gave the maximum curd yield of 21.08 t ha
-1
.
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Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Botany
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial
fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree
of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL BOTANY
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2018
