author(s)
Bankar PN, Mane RR and Dr. Tambe TB

abstract
The investigation was carried out in shadenet of Instructional- cum- Research farm of Department of Horticulture, College of Horticulture, VNMKV, Parbhani during the year 2018-2019. The seven different treatments including control were used in Randomized Block Design (RBD). There were significant differences found in growth, yield and quality by the soil application of NPK and B and Zn with different treatments. Application of 130 kg N + 60 kg P₂O₅ +15 kg B ha^-1 gave maximum plant height (29.57 cm), stem diameter (4.06 cm), Number of leaves (20.63), Length of longest leaves (26.37 cm), Width of leaves (16.70 cm), leaf area (717.07 cm²), leaf area index (0.199), days taken to central curd formation (53.43), days taken to central curd maturity (72.77), curd diameter (16.18 cm), curd length (14.20 cm), weight of central curd per plant (326.73 g).