🌼 Cauliflower

• Botanical Name: Brassica oleracea var botrytis
• Family: Cruciferae
• Origin: Mediterranean region
• It was introduced in India in 1822 by Dr. Jenson from London
• Fruit of cauliflower known as Curd.
• Cauliflower is thermo-sensitive crop.
• Blanching is a method to protect curd from attaining yellow colour after their direct exposure to sun and to arrest enzymatic activity.

• Scooping: Removal of central portion of curd for easier initiation of flower stalk in cauliflower.
• Cauliflower is only crop in group of cole crops in which the intermediate stage of curding lies between vegetative and reproductive stage.
• Most of late type (snowball) have self-blanched habit.
• Pusa himjyoti and Pusa snowball have self-blanched habit.
• It requires 5-8 irrigation during growth.
• pH of soil for maximum yield: 5.5 to 6.5
• Three season varieties are available in Cauliflower

• Seed rate: 450-700g seeds are sufficient for one ha.

Varieties

• Sclerotia rot resistant → Pusa Snowball K-2S
• Introduced: Improved Japanese
• Selection:
  • Pusa Himjyoti
  • Pusa Snowball K-1
  • Pusa Ketki
  • Pant Shubhra
  • Pusa Deepali
  • Pusa Aghani
• Hybrid
  • Pusa Shubhra
  • Pusa Aghani
• Synthetic
  • Pusa early synthetic
  • Pusa synthetic
  • Pant Gobi-3
• Private Sector Hybrid
  • Candid charm
  • Cash more
  • Early Himlata
  • Himani
  • White flesh
  • Nath Ujwala
  • Nath Shweta
• Blackrot, Curd and inflorescence blight resistant varieties:
  • Pusa Shubhra
  • Pusa Snowball K-1
• Early variety
  • Early Kunwari
  • Pusa early synthetic
  • Pusa Deepali
  • Pusa Ketki
• Mid Early
  • Improved Japanese
  • Pusa Sharad
  • Pusa Aghani
• Mid Late
  • Pusa Synthetic
  • Pant Shubhra
  • Pusa Shubhra
  • Pusa Himjyoti
• Late
  • Pusa Snowball
  • Pusa Snowball K-1: Tolerant to black rot disease
  • Pusa Himjyoti is only variety which can be grown from April to July in the hills.

Disorders in Cauliflower