European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety

With the use of integrated nutrient management, cauliflower the growth and yield can be boosted. Due to their complementing effects, the ideal combination of different organic and inorganic sources of nutrients may significantly boost cauliflower growth and yield. The experiment consisted of 13 treatments viz. T₁= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha (Recommended dose of NPKS as control), T₂= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha + CD (5 t/ha), T₃= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha + VC (4 t/ha), T₄= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha + MSC (4 t/ha), T₅= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + CD (5 t/ha), T₆= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + VC (4 t/ha), T₇= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + MSC (4 t/ha), T₈= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha + CD (5 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha), T₉= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha + VC (4 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha), T₁₀= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha + MSC (4 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha), T₁₁= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + CD (5 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha), T₁₂= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + VC (4 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha) and T₁₃= N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + MSC (4 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) having single factor with three replications. Data were recorded on growth, yield components of cauliflower and significant variation was observed for most of the studied characters. Under this investigation, it was revealed that the highest yield (36.34 t/ha) with net return (Tk. 524202) and BCR (3.59) was obtained from T₁₂ (N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + VC (4 t/ha) + Bio. (5 kg/ha) treatment. On the other hand, the lowest yield (13.50 t/ha) with net return (Tk. 137869) and BCR (2.04) was obtained from T₁ (N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀ kg/ha) treatment. So, economic analysis revealed that T₁₂ (N₁₂₀P₆₀K₁₀₀S₂₀B_0.6Mo_0.54 kg/ha + VC (4 t/ha) + Bio-fertilizer (5 kg/ha) treatment appeared to be the best for achieving the higher growth, yield and economic benefit of cauliflower.