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Response of cauliflower (Brassica oleraceae var. botrytis L.) to N, Mo and Mg fertilization under poultry manure condition

Inayat Ur Rahman, Aftab Afza, Zafar Iqbal, Sohail, Farhana Ijaz, Shafiul Manan, Shabnam Niaz, Azhar Hussain Shah, Asmat Ullah, Abdul Waheed

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/4.8.215-221

Int. J. Biosci. 4(8), 215-221. April, 2014. (PDF)

Abstract:

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of foliar fertilization on growth and yield of cauliflower (Brassica oleraceae var. botrytis L.) under poultry manure condition at farmer’s field Marghazar, Mansehra, during 2012-13. The experimental treatments were T0 = Control (Urea) 123.5 kg ha-1, T1 = N + Mo + Mg foliar spray [4%N + (Mo) 50 mg L-1 + (B) 80 mg L-1], T2 = Urea + N foliar spray (123.5 kg ha-1 + 2% N), T3 = foliar spray 4% N and T4 = foliar spray 8% N. The results revealed that T1 [4% N + (Mo) 50 mg L-1 + (B) 80 mg L-1] significantly increased the root length, leaf length, plant fresh weight, curd weight, circumference of curd and curd yield. Foliar spray 8% N gave the maximum values for plant aerial part, plant height, root fresh weight and dry weight which may be due to the excess of nitrogen while minimum values for all the studied attributes were examined in Control (Urea) 123.5 kg ha-1. From these results it could be suggested and recommended that nitrogen in combination with micronutrients (Mo and B) are the most essential plant mineral nutrients in foliar fertilization method for growth and curd yield of cauliflower under poultry/chicken manure condition.