Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Bansod VU, Bhalerao RV, Naik KM and Pisal SS

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted on broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) at the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, VNMKV, Parbhani (M. S.) during Rabi 2021-2022 to study the effect of different coloured plastic mulch and organic mulch on yield and yield attributing traits of broccoli. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications encompassing eight treatments viz., T1 (silver plastic mulch), T2 (black plastic mulch), T3 (white plastic mulch), T4 (blue plastic mulch), T5 (red plastic mulch), T6 (orange plastic mulch), T7 (dry leaves) and T8 (control). All the yield characters viz., weight of head, weight of side-shoots, diameter of head, volume of head, yield per plant, yield per plot and yield per hectare were superior with black plastic mulch while, plants grown without mulch (control) produced poor yield.