Evaluation of morphological, productivity and quality characters of local genotypes of cauliflower spread in Damascus countryside

Abstract

The research was carried out at the Ghouta Research Station General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research / Damascus during the 2020-2021 season with the aim of evaluating the morphological, productive and qualitative characteristics of five local genotypes of cauliflower that were collected from different areas in Damascus countryside. The Randomized Block Design was used with three replications per genotype. The results showed that there were differences between the studied genotypes in some characteristics, as the N1 genotypes significantly superior to the other  genotypes and the control by the curd weight (1716.67 g) and the productivity (3065.47 kg), while the differences were not significant between the genotypes with respect to plant height and leaf length and significant with the control, as well as no significant differences were observed between the genotypes and control for the content of the leaves of carotene and total chlorophyll, while the control outperformed the local genotypes in the content of ash, and the D genotypes outperformed the control significantly in the percentage of  total dissolved solid matter  TSS (7.23%). This shows that local genotypes have specifications equivalent to or even superior to imported hybrids and can be used in cauliflower genetic improvement programs.