Abstract:
An experiment was conducted during the rabi season (November 2021 to February
2022) at Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU),
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh to study the effect of molybdenum on the growth, yield
and bio-chemical properties of purple cauliflower. The local variety BARI
Fulkopi1(Rupa) was used as a check variety and exotic purple cauliflower cultivar
was used as test variety in the experiment. The experiment consisted of the
following treatments, such as T
1
: Rupa + 0 Kg/ha Molybdenum, T
2
: Rupa + 0.5
Kg/ha Molybdenum, T
3
: Rupa + 1.0 Kg/ha Molybdenum, T
4
: Rupa + 1.5 Kg/ha
Molybdenum, T
5
: Exotic Purple + 0 Kg/ha Molybdenum, T
6
: Exotic Purple + 0.5
Kg/ha Molybdenum, T
7
: Exotic Purple + 1.0 Kg/ha Molybdenum and T
8
: Exotic
Purple + 1.5 Kg/ha Molybdenum. The treatments of the experiment were laid out
in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Different
level of molybdenum showed significant variation on plant height at 20, 40 and 60
DAT. The highest weight of curd (660.15 g) was found in treatment T
8
whereas, the
lowest weight of curd (406.81 g) was found in treatment T
1
. Similarly, the biochemical
properties
were
found
better
in
treatment
T
8
than other treatments. It can
be concluded that, the growers can use 1.5 Kg/ha Molybdenum for successful
production of purple cauliflower.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to Department of Entomology,
Faculty of Agriculture.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka-
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTERS OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE
