Abstract:The current study was carried out in Agriculture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jagatpura, Jaipur (Rajasthan) during rabi season 2021-2022 to study the effect of foliar application of boron and molybdenum on growth, yield and quality of cauliflower (
Brassica oleracea var.
botrytis L.). The research was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three number of replications which comprises of sixteen combinations of treatment T
0 = Control (Water Spray), T
1 = Boric Acid @ 0.2%, T
2 = Boric Acid @ 0.5%, T
3 = Boric Acid @ 1.0%, T
4 = Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.1%, T
5 = Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.2%, T
6 = Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.3%, T
7 = Boric Acid @ 0.2% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.1%, T
8 = Boric Acid @ 0.2% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.2%, T
9 = Boric Acid @ 0.2% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.3%, T
10 = Boric Acid @ 0.5% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.1%, T
11 = Boric Acid @ 0.5% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.2%, T
12 = Boric Acid @ 0.5% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.3%, T
13 = Boric Acid @ 1.0% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.1%, T
14 = Boric Acid @ 1.0% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.2%, T
15 = Boric Acid @ 1.0% + Ammonium Molybdate @ 0.3%. The different concentration of B and Mo were significantly influenced the morphological characters and yield parameters.
The highest curd diameter (16.9 cm), curd weight (1143.9 g), yield per plot (9.1 kg), yield per hectare (3.37 t), net return (Rs. 277250.85) and ratio of cost benefit (1:2.96) was produced in treatment T11 next to treatment T10 curd diameter (16.8cm), net curd weight (1099.7 g), yield per plot (8.79 kg), yield per hectare (3.25 t), net return (Rs.265557.69) and cost benefit ratio (1:2.88). It is accomplished from the current study, treatment T11 was found to be best followed by T10 and show significant result on growth, yield and curd quality of cauliflower cv. ‘Girija’.