| BROCCOLI HYBIRD BHOOMI |
| Features |
- Plant Type- Medium Short
- Foliage Colour – Bluish Green
- Maturity- 65-70 days after transplanting
- Head colour – Dark Green
- Average Head Weight – 500-700 gm
- Head shape – Dome
- Remarks- Tolerant to black rot & heat , excellent field holding ability
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| Sowing Time |
August to November |
| Nursery Raising |
100 Sq m nursery area is sufficient for raising one hectare apply GYM at 300 kg with 50gm of sodium molybdate and 100 gm of Borax. Sow the seeds at 10 cm between rows in raised seed beds after drenching It with copper oxychloride (2.5g/liter). Transplant 30 to 40 days old seedlings at a spacing of 45 cm. Avoid land infected with club root disease. |
| Field Preparation |
| Ploughing |
Deeply plough the field 2-3 times to achieve a fine, loose tilth, ensuring good aeration and drainage. |
| Soil |
Ideal is well-drained, loamy, or sandy loam soil with a pH of 6.5-7.5. |
| Drainage |
Create raised beds (20-30 cm high) to prevent waterlogging |
| Seed Treatment |
Thiram@2.0 gram/kg of seed before sowing |
| Spacing |
- Row to Row 50-60 cm and Plant to Plant 30-45 cm
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| Seed Rate |
Early 400-500 gm/ha and late 350-375gm/ha |
| Manure and Fertilizer |
| FYM |
Apply 20-25 tonnes of Farmyard Manure (FYM) /hectare 10-15 days before sowing, mixing it well with the soil. |
| Basal Fertilizer Dose |
- 120;60;60 kg NPK/ hectare
- Apply 50% N and 100% P, K as basal dose during final land preparation
- 25% N at 20 days after sowing and 25% N at 40 days after sowing
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| Irrigation |
- First irrigation is given immediately after sowing.
- During summer, the crop should be irrigated at 3-4 days interval but in rainy season one irrigation per week is sufficient depend upon rain.
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| Interculture operation |
- Weeds are quite competitive with crop especially in early stages. Frequent hoeing and weeding of young plants promote healthy growth and heavy fruiting
- Earthing up after 25-30 days of transplanting
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| Diseases & Pest Control |
Insect
- Diamondback moth: Pheromone traps @ 12/ha, Crop rotation with cucurbits, beans, peas, tomato and melon, Neem seed kernel extract 5% , Carta hydrochloride 0.5 % at 10,20 and 30 DAS ( nursery) and primordial stage
- Cabbage Borer: Collect and destroy mechanically caterpillars in the early stages of attack and cartap hydrocloride @ 500 gm/ha or malathin 50 EC @ 500 ml /ha
- Tobacco Caterpillar: Plough the soil to expose and kill the pupae and Pheromone traps ( Pherodin SL) @ 15/ha to attract male moths Spray Chlorphyiphos 20 EC 2 lit/ha or Dichlorovos 76 WSC 1 lit/ha
- Aphid : Install yellow sticky trap @ 12 no/ha to monitor ” Macropterous” adults ( wingned adult) Spray neem oil 3 %, Quinalphos 25 % EC 1.0 ml/lit
- Mustard aphid : Set up yellow stick trap to monitor aphid population & Spray dimethoate @ 2ml/lit
Diseases
Damping off
- Identification : Pre emergence : Seeds rot in the soil, leading to poor germination and uneven stands. Post emergence : Seedlings collapse, stems become water soaked and soft at the soil line ( wirestem). and may fall over sometimes with whitsih mold visible.
- Control ; Ensure good soil drainage and avoid overwatering, Deep summer ploughing can help destroy the fungus in the soil . Seed treatments with fungicides like thiram @ 2g/kg of seeds
Alternaria leaf spot
Identification :Small dark spots on leaves urn brown to gray, lesions may be round or angular and may possess a purple balack margin; lesions may form concentric rings become brittle and crack in centre; dark brown elongaed lesions amy develop on stems and petioles.
Control ; First foliar spraying iwth tridemorph 0.1 % followed by spraying with mancozeb 0.25 % a month interval
Black rot
Identification: Irregularly shaped dull yellow areas along leaf margins which expand to leaf midrib and create a Characteristic ” V shaped” lesion; Lesions may coalesce along the leaf margin to give plant a scorched appearance
Control ; Drenching the nursery soil with formaldehyde 0.5 % helps in checking the disease. Application of bleaching powder at 10.0 to 12.5 kg /ha controls the disease.
Clubroot
Identification: Slow growing , stunted plants; yeloowish leaves which wilt during day and rjuvenate in part at nigh; swollen, disttorted roots, extensive gall formation.
Control ; Soil fumigation with methly promide 1 kg/10m followed by covering twith plastic film, Seed treatment with captan thiram 4g/kg followed by Tviride 4g/kg. soil drencin giwth copper oxychloride0.25%
Powdery Mildew
- Identification: Disease can be identified by appearance of small white patches on the leaves which later on spread to cover whole plant with white floury mass on stem, tendril and even fruits resulting into low yield and poor quality and sun burnt fruits.
- Control: Spray dinocap @0.05% (50 ml in 100 L of water) carbendazim (100g/100L. water) or wettable sulphur @ 0.2% can also in morning and evening to avoid sulphur injury. Repeat the spray at 7-10 days interval if disease incidence is high
Downy mildew
- Identification: The disease is recognized by presence of yellow spots on upper surface of leaves and purple to brown on the corresponding lower sides with white downy growth. Leaves wither off prematurely resulting into low, poor quality and sun- burnt fruits.
- Control: On the appearance of disease spray the crop with mancozeb or zineb@ 0.25% (250g/100 L), copper fungicide 0.3% (300g/100 L) or Matalaxyl + Mancozeb 0.20% (200g/100 L) Repeat at weekly interval keeping in view the wet weather condition.
Black leg
- Identification: Damping off seedlings; round or irregularly shaped gray necrotic lesions on leaves with dark margins, lesions may be covered in oink masses in favorable weather conditions.
- Control: Seed infection can be prevented by spraying the seed plants with copper oxychloride or seed treatment with captan or thiram 4g/kg of seed followed by seed treatment with trichoderma viride 4g/kg
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| Note |
The varietal Characters and Information given here is based on observation recorded at our trial station. Change in place, season, cultural practices may result in variation |
