Production management study of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) during wet season
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1988
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Orlando B. Borja
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The study was conducted to determine the growth, yield, and economics of production of cucumber grown under different management practices during wet season. The treatments were O-nitrogen, 100% urea, 100% manure, 50:50 urea-manure, and 70:30 manure-urea; with and without trellis; without mulch, rice hull and rice straw with three replications per treatment arranged in a 5 x 2 x 3 factorial experiment in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD).
Urea and manure combination of 50:50 and 100% urea excelled all other treatments in terms of growth, yield, and economics of production. These treatments obtained best results on yield and quality when plants were provided with trellis. Trellis contributed a large portion to the cost of production. However, it could be partially compensated by higher yield and better quality fruits. There was no marked effect of mulch on the growth and yield components of cucumber.
More non-marketable fruits were observed in plants without trellis due to disease infection. Underdeveloped and deformed fruits were produced from plants applied with 100% manure and O-nitrogen and those were considered non-marketable.
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Research Subject Categories::FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING::Plant production::Agronomy