Assessment of quality attributes parameter in different sowing media of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.) under Jorhat (Assam)

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Horticulture Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam during the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 for knowing the potentiality of different seedling growing media viz., Cocopeat: Perlite: Vermiculite (3:1:1), Cocopeat: Perlite: Vermiculite (2:1:1), Cocopeat: Vermicompost (1:1),Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (3:1:1), Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (2:1:1), Cocopeat: Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (1:1:1:1) and Conventional nursery. These seven treatments were analyzed in RBD with 3 replications. The higher seedling emergence percentage (93.15), seedling height (17.87 cm), leaf area (9.09 cm2), root length (6.04 cm), shoot length (10.24 cm), seedling growth index (1516.35), chlorophyll content (0.32 mg g-1fw), minimum days to two-true leaf stage (7.03 days), minimum days to transplanting (28.55 days) and the lowest diseases incidence (3.44 %) under the greenhouse condition was recorded in the treatment T3 [(Cocopeat: Vermicompost (1:1)].