Sharmila Piya , A. R. Bajracharya , J. L. Mandal and B. P. Choudhary

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ABSTRACT

Broccoli is considered as a very high value vegetable, due to its high content of vitamins and minerals. An experiment was conducted to test varieties of broccoli for summer season (March-May) production during 2002 and 2003 at Agriculture Research Station, Pakhribas (1740 masl) in Randomize Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The tested varieties were Premium Crop, Universal, Centauro, Sakura and Beejo Sheetal. The highest marketable head yield was from variety Premium Crop (12.01 t/ha) followed by Centauro (11.42 t/ha), while Beejo Sheetal and Universal produced 8.92 t/ha and 8.56 t/ha, respectively. Similarly, in case of plant height, Premium Crop (53.02cm) was the tallest plant and the Universal (36.39cm) was the shortest. Higher plant spreading was recorded from Centauro (71.53cm) and Premium Crop (69.98cm). Terminal head weight was recorded highest for Centauro, followed by Bejo Sheetal and Premium Crop with 0.348 kg, 0.345 kg and 0.325 kg respectively. Considering all of these parameters, varieties Premium Crop and Centauro were found superior over rest of the varieties for summer season production.