Abstract
This experiment was carried out during 2011 at Vegetable Crops Research Program, Horticulture Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad to assess the production capabilities of different cauliflower genotypes under summer condition of Islamabad. The morphological characteristics studied were plant height (cm), plant spread (cm), days to maturity, mature plant size (cm), single plant weight (g), single curd weight (g), yield (t/ha) based on curd weight. The maximum yield (17.767 t/ha, 1415.7 t/ha and 1273.8 t/ha) was recoded in the genotype, TSX- C37 (F1), Taxila (Local) and White Corona, respectively as compared to the other genotypes. The highest value for growth parameters were recorded in plant spread (42.35cm), days to maturity (85.14) and mature plant size (68.54cm) in cv. First Early followed by cv. Second Early with plant spread (45.73cm), days to maturity (90.56 days) and mature plant height (76.45cm) and cv. Taxila (Local) with plant spread (45.05cm), days to maturity (94.05) and mature plant size (37.07cm).
