Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of boron and
molybdenum on growth and yield of cauliflower at the Horticulture Farm of Shere-Bangla
Agricultural
University,
Dhaka.
The
experiment
consisted
of
two
factors
such
as Factor A: Boron (4 levels) as B
0
X
: 0 (Control) B
1
: 0.5 kg/ha, B
2
:1 kg/ha,
B
3
:1.5 kg/ha and Factor B: Molybdenum (4 levels) as Mo0: 0 (Control) Mo
1
:0.25
kg/ha, Mo
2
: 0.50 kg/ha, Mo
3
: 0.75 kg/ha. There were 16
treatment combinations and
laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications.
The influence of different levels of boron, molybdenum and their combined effect
showed significant variations in growth and yield of cauliflower. In case of boron,
the highest plant height (56.53 cm), number of leaf (21.59), leaf length (43.98 cm),
leaf breadth (21.20 cm), stem diameter (2.13 cm), curd diameter (14.51 cm), curd
fresh wt. (637.25 g), dry matter % of curd
(10.11), yield/plot (5.09 kg) and yield/ha
(26.55 ton) were obtained from B
2
(1 kg B/ha). For molybdenum, Mo
2
(0.50 kg
Mo/ha) produced the highest plant height
(55.75 cm), number of leaf (21.01), leaf
length (43.73 cm), leaf breadth (20.95 cm), stem diameter (2.17 cm), curd diameter
(14.46 cm), curd fresh wt. (656.22 g), dry matter % of curd (10.60), yield/plot (5.24
kg) and yield/ha (27.34 ton). In combine treatments, the maximum plant height,
number of leaves, leaf breadth, curd fresh weight,
dry matter % of curd was produced
from the treatment combination of B
2
(1 kg B/ha) with Mo
2
(0.50 kg Mo/ha).
However, treatment combination of B
2
Mo
2
(1 kg B/ha with 0.5 kg Mo/ha)
performed the best results. So, 1 kg Boron/ha with 0.5 kg Molybdenum may use for
cauliflower cultivation.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
HORTICULTURE
