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A field experiment was conducted with an objective to study the performance of different cauliflower varieties at different dates of transplanting at Horticultural Research Station, Aswaraopet, Khammam Dist of Telangana State. All the parameters were influenced by cultivars and transplanting dates. Maximum yields were obtained in all the cultivars by transplanting in the month of October. Highest curd weight and highest marketable yield were recorded in NS 60 N which is on par with SC 60 and Basant. Among interactions NS 60 N transplanted during October recorded highest marketable yield (12.07 t/ha) which was on par with SC 60 transplanted during October (12.04 t/ha) and Basant transplanted during October (11.01 t/ha).

Kalmegh is a bitter annual herb (perennial, if maintained), erect, 50 cm to 1m. in height, stem quadrangular, much branched; leaves opposite, short petioled, flowers in racemes, fruit capsule, linear, oblong or elliptic; seeds about 12 in number, subquadrate, brownish or creamy yellow. Kalmegh is one of the important ingredients in various ayurvedic preparations used for fever and liver disease, which are commonly used by ayurvedic physicians. The herb is having a preventive effect from many diseases, due to its powerful

Carrot (Daucus carota L.) is an important root vegetable, belongs to the family umbelliferae with diploid chromosome number 2n = 18. It is cultivated all over the world, during spring-summer in temperate countries and winter in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Carrot is an excellent source of carotene a precursor of vitamin A and fibre in the diet (Handelman, 2001). It also contains abundant amounts of nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, fibre and sodium (Ahmad et al., 2004). Carrot fleshy roots are used as a vegetable for salads, soups and are also steamed or boiled in other

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