Identification and introduction of GS-385 hybrid cauliflower as an off season corp in Uttarakhand

The summary of field demonstrations carried out in eight villages and KVK farm revealed that introduction of GS-385 hybrid of cauliflower as an off season gave maximum yield 375.70 q/ha in Shitlakhet village followed by 369.25 q/ha in Billekh village and 363.43 q/ha in Sion village while in farmer practice it was only 172.88 q/ha. The pattern of yield showed that it was 117.31% higher in Shitlakhet, 113.58% in Billekh and 110.22% in Sion village over farmer practice during 2020. The highest net income of Rs. 982850/ha was observed in Shitlakhet followed by Rs. 964770/ha in Billekh and Rs. 942920/ha in Sion village while, in farmer practice only net income of Rs. 226990/ha received which was very low from the demonstrations laid out in various altitudes of Almora district in utta-rakhand. The observations taken on different parameters including yield and net income indicated almost same trend in 2021.The findings suggest that identification and introduction of GS-385 hybrid of cauliflower demonstrated as an off season during summer, 2020 and 2021 in various locations of Almora district in uttarakhand may be adopted by the farmers in hills of Uttarakhand for maximizing their production and income from cauliflower.