Suitable cultivars of broccoli, red cabbage, capsicum and french bean for alluvial tracts of West Bengal

An experiment was conducted to find out the best suitable varieties of Broccoli, Red Cabbage, Capsicum and French Bean for the district South 24 Parganas in the Instructional Farm of Sasya Shyamala Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Arapanch and different blocks of the district during rabi season from 2014 to 2016. The experiment was carried out in randomized block design (RBD) with different varieties taken as different treatments replicated seven times. Genotypes taken under observation were Fiesta, Princess, Sultan, Centauro, Priya and Packmen for Brocolli whereas the varieties considered for Red Cabbage were Ruby Mart, Red Queen, Primero and Red Cabbage. Four varieties of Capsicum viz. Chinese Giant, Green Gold, California Wonder and Sindhoori were tested. The study was also carried out with four varieties of French bean (Contender, Pusa Himlata, Pusa Parvati and Falguni). Among all the varieties of Broccoli, California Wonder was found superior which gave highest yield in combination with best head formation. In case of Red cabbage, variety Red Queen showed the overall best performances. California Wonder of Capsicum and Falguni variety of French bean were found to be the best suitable varieties as compared to others. So, these varieties were found to be best for sustainable livelihood promotion with high productivity under wide range of environmental condition for this zone.