EFFECT OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY TRAITS OF CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus L.) cv. SWARNA AGETI UNDER POLYHOUSE CONDITION
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2016
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Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
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A trial was conducted at the horticulture unit, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during Kharif season of 2015 to study the “Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and quality traits of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cv. Swarna Ageti under polyhouse condition. The trial was laid out in simple Randomised Block Design (RBD) with twelve treatments and three replications. The different treatments viz., T1: Control (without nutrient), T2: Recommended dose of fertilizer or RDF (100%) applied through urea, DAP and MOP, T3: 25 % FYM and 75% RDF (including urea, DAP and MOP), T4: 50% FYM and 50% RDF, T5: 75% FYM and 25% RDF, T6: 100 % FYM, T7: 25% vermicompost and 75% RDF including urea, DAP and MOP, T8: 50% vermicompost and rest 50 % RDF (urea, DAP and MOP), T9: 75 % nutrients through vermicompost and 25 % through RDF, T10: 100% vermicompost, T11: 25% FYM and 25% vermicompost and remaining 50% through RDF (Urea, DAP and MOP) and T12: 50% nutrient applied through FYM and remaining 50% nutrients applied through vermicompost. During the experimentation, observations were recorded on growth, yield and yield associated traits and yield of cucumber.
The Present study revealed that application of different combinations of organic and inorganic source of nutrients proved better than the control condition. The data recorded during experimentation were subjected to statistical analysis to find out the significant effect of the various treatments. From the results it can be concluded that application of different combinations of organic and inorganic source of nutrients at optimum level proved to be effective in promoting germination per cent, growth, flowering and yield of cucumber. The most effective combination of organic and inorganic source of nutrients for early flowering, maximum number of fruit, weight of edible fruits and maximum edible fruit yield per hectare is 25 per cent FYM and 25 per cent vermicompost along with 50 per cent RDF recorded.
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Cucumber, polyhouse condition, INM, growth and yield