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Effects of plant population density on cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) crop

In order to study the effects of plant population density on cabbage crop (Brassica oleracea var-. capitata), an experiment using different spacing (0,60 m x 0.80 m, 0.60 m x 0.65 m, 0.60mx0.45m, 0.60 m x 0.30 m, and 0.60mx 0.15m) was carried out. There were the following changes in cabbage plants due to increasing population density: plant head became conical: number and size (weight, volume and diameters) of leaves decreased; density (weight/volume) and percentage of plants forming no head increased.


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