ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF EARLY CAULIFLOWER VARIETY “SABOUR AGRIM” VIS GRIM” VIS-A-VIS DIFFERENT DATES OF TRANSPLANTING IN KHARIF IN ARWAL DISTRICT OF BIHARASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF EARLY CAULIFLOWER VARIETY “SABOUR AGRIM” VIS GRIM” VIS-A-VIS DIFFER

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years (2013 and 2014) with a view to assess the response of early Cauliflower variety (Sabour Agrim) to different dates of transplanting in Kharif.The trial was conducted in RBD with four treatments replicated ten times. The treatments involved were T1 -Farmers practice (Cultivated main season cauliflower in Arwal District), T 2 - Transplanting on 1st July, T 3 -Transplanting on 15th July and T4 - Transplanting on 30th July. The results revealed that the application of T3 had a significant effect on growth and yield of Cauliflower. The result also revealed that the transplanting on 15th July(T3 ) witnessed the maximum plant height (67.30 cm.), the bestmarketable size of curd (430.85gm), maximum curd length (13.40), curd greatest diameter of curd (15.60cm.) and the Maximum Curd yield 223.51 q/ha giving maximum net return (Rs 1,87,820 q/ha) with higher benefit cost ration (3.31) whereas transplanting on 30th july ranked second in merit. Cauliflower can be grown better at places which are steady cool, frost and litter free than other Brassicaceae. It is difficult to grow Cauliflower as a spring crop because it tends to bolt in the condition of extreme heat. The height of the plants at different weeks after transplanting was observed to vary significantly among different planting times.