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Abstract
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) is a cruciferous vegetable and it is closely related to cauliflower and cabbage. Broccoli produces large green colored floral bud, containing sulphoraphane compound which reduces various type of cancers such as lung, breast and prostate cancers. Nowadays the demand of vegetables in the market is increasing and the competition has forced the farmerto produce more yields. So, the farmers are using high doses of chemical fertilizers to increase the growth and yield, ignoring the fact that chemical fertilizers may give abundance of harvest but do nothing to sustain the soil fertility.