EFFECT OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS ON CROP GROWTH, HEAD YIELD AND QUALITY OF BROCCOLI (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica)

An experiment was conducted at Department of Vegetable Science, C.S. Azad Univ. of Agri. & Tech., Kalyanpur, Kanpur during Rabi season of 2005-06 to find out the effect of nitrogen (30, 60, 90, 120 kg ha-1), phosphorus (30, 60, 90 kg ha-1) on crop growth, head yield and quality of broccoli. The significant result was obtained in growth and yield parameter, i.e., height of plant, days to pentral head, head yield per plant and per plot, plant frame, head size, harvest duration and compactness of the head. The most of the characters and optimum head yield of broccoli were favoured by applying 90 kg nitrogen and 90 kg phosphorus per hectare.