Performance of cabbage hybrids under rainfed mid-hill conditions of Uttarakhand

Abstract

An experiment was undertaken during summer rainy season of 2009 and 2010 at Department of Vegetable Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Hill Campus, Ranichauri, Uttarakhand to evaluate of ten cabbage hybrids/varieties under mid - hill conditions of Uttarakhand. The pooled indicates considerable variation for vegetative characters, amongst which the maximum leaf area (1022.71 cm2) was observed in Varun, while the hybrid T -50 top ranked with respect to number of non wrapper leaves (14.98) and plant spread (68.56 cm). Golden Acre an open pollinated check variety took minimum number of days to maturity (44 days from transplanting). With respect to quality and yield parameters viz., the maximum ascorbic acid content (139.53 mg/100 g), head size (515.05 cm2) were recorded in blue diamond and NBH-Arun, respectively, whereas, T-50 measured the maximum head weight (2.106 kg) and yield (801.19 q/ha).