Performance of mid-late/late cauliflower genotypes & CMS lines for various horticultural traits

Abstract

The present investigation was undertaken at the Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, College of Agriculture, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, during winter season 2021-22. The experiment was laid out in α-RBD design with three replications. About 36 mid-late and late cauliflower genotypes, including three checks, were evaluated to study the mean performances for marketable curd weight along with 19 component traits. The mean sum of squares depicts sufficient genetic variability for all morphological, yield and quality traits. The evaluation of mean performance revealed that ‘DPCaCMS-1’ was top ranked with an advantage of 25.69 % for marketable curd weight over best check ‘Palam Uphar’ followed by ‘DPCaf-29’, ‘DPCaf-US’, ‘DPCaf-CMS5’ and ‘DPCaf-W131W’ which was mainly due to significant contribution of curd polar diameter, curd equatorial diameter, leaf length, leaf width, optimum plant frame, curd solidity, curd size index, gross plant weight and net curd weight.