EFFECT OF MICRONUTRlENTS AND MULCHING ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BROCCOLI (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.)

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University ..• \:'brary ~ Dhaka. Bangladesh to study the effect of micronutricuts and mulching on growth, yield of broccoli. rhe\, ~ • cxpenmeni \\3.' laid out in facronal randomized block design with three replications. 111e experiment \: '. _ <::::-,l' consisted of four levels of micronutrients (To: No micronutrients, TI: Zn£. kg/hu. T1: Zn.o + 131 \ kg ba. ~<~ T,: In. n ~ 81, I 1'.101" kg/hn) and three levels of mulching (Mo: No mulch. ~tl: Water hyacmth. M:: ~ Black polythene). Mrcronutrients and mulching influenced significantly on most of the parameters. TIle data were recorded on various growth and yield parameters of broccoli. In case of micronutncnts. the highest curd yield (2-1.20 tJha) was found from T \ and the lowest curd yield (18.-14 IIl1a) was found from To. Regarding the treatment of mulching. Ml gave the highest curd yield (25.23 VIta) where the lowest (15.29 tfIm) wa... recorded from M". Considering the trcaunent combinations. the highest curd) ield (28.76 t/ha) \V,tS obmmed from T,M1 and the lowest yield (12.97 tIlm) was found from ToMn trcauncnt combinanon.