Response of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) to varying irrigation regimes and fertigation levels

The scheduling of irrigation at 1.2 ETc registered significantly maximum growth and yield contributing characters viz., stalk length, plant spread, numbers of functional leaves plant⁻¹, dry matter plant⁻¹, curd length, curd width, curd weight and curd yield of cauliflower followed by 1.0 ETc irrigation regime. Fertigation of 100 per cent recommended dose of N and K at every week up to 60 days after transplanting and phosphorus as basal application registered maximum growth and yield contributing characters and at par with 75 per cent recommended dose of N and K at every week up to 60 days after transplanting in curd yield. This indicating that there was saving of 25 per cent of fertilizers.