I EFFECT OF FERTILIZER APPLICATION AND STAKING METHODS ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CUCUMBER Cucumis sativus
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This study was carried out to determine the effect of fertilizer application and staking
methods on the growth and yield of Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus). The experiment
was conducted during the 2024 dry cropping season at the Teaching and Research
Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin city. The experiment
was laid out as a randomized complete block design in three replicates consisting of
four rates of fertilizer application (0kg/ha, 400kg/ha NPK, 20t/ha PM, 200kg/ha
NPK+10t/ha PM) and three levels of staking (no staking, single staking and trellis).
The parameters measured were vine length, number of leaves, number of tendrils,
stem diameter, leaf area, days to 50% flowering, number of flowers, number of fruits,
fruit weight per plot and yield(t/ha). The results obtained showed that the effect of
fertilizer application using poultry manure influenced the vine length and the number
of leaves positively at the vegetative stage, but fruit yield was not insignificant,
However best yields were obtained with the combination of poultry manure and NPK
15:15:15. The result of this experiment suggests that cucumber farmers use the
combination of poultry manure and NPK with or without staking for a better
performance of cucumber crop.
methods on the growth and yield of Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus). The experiment
was conducted during the 2024 dry cropping season at the Teaching and Research
Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Benin city. The experiment
was laid out as a randomized complete block design in three replicates consisting of
four rates of fertilizer application (0kg/ha, 400kg/ha NPK, 20t/ha PM, 200kg/ha
NPK+10t/ha PM) and three levels of staking (no staking, single staking and trellis).
The parameters measured were vine length, number of leaves, number of tendrils,
stem diameter, leaf area, days to 50% flowering, number of flowers, number of fruits,
fruit weight per plot and yield(t/ha). The results obtained showed that the effect of
fertilizer application using poultry manure influenced the vine length and the number
of leaves positively at the vegetative stage, but fruit yield was not insignificant,
However best yields were obtained with the combination of poultry manure and NPK
15:15:15. The result of this experiment suggests that cucumber farmers use the
combination of poultry manure and NPK with or without staking for a better
performance of cucumber crop.
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