Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

The present investigation was formulated to find out the efficiency of micronutrients (boron and molybdenum) in improving the yield and quality traits of broccoli. The whole study was carried out for two consecutive of Rabi season during year 2018-19 and 2019- 20 in poly house conditions at the Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Biochemistry, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, College of Agriculture, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The study was conducted in complete randomized block design (RBD) with three replications and experimental material comprised Shishir F₁ hybrid of broccoli. Various combinations of micronutrients viz., boron and molybdenum (0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%, 1.00%, and 1.25%) were used along with control during the study. The treatments were given as foliar application to the crop. Different quality traits such as protein content, total sugar, ascorbic acid content, total soluble solids, starch content and final curd yield plant^-1 were recorded during the Study. The results revealed that the combined application of all both micronutrients at any concentration significantly improved the quality traits as well as yield of the plants compared to control. The most promising results were obtained when crop received a combined treatment of B and Mo at 0.75% with basal dosage of N, P, and K followed by a combined application of B and Mo at 1.0% with 100% RDF compared to control and rest of treatments. Therefore from the present study, it can be inferred that application of boron and molybdenum (0.75%) in combination along with basal dosage (100%) was highly effective in improving the both quality and quantity traits of broccoli.