Claim · model-written summary
Rice hull mulch gave the highest number of flowers and total number of fruits of cucumber.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- rice hull mulchede1
- Outcome
- number of flowers, total number of fruitse1
- Direction
- higheste1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
t0“growth and yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)”
e1“Vine length, number of leaves, number of flowers, total number of fruits, length, diameter and weight of fruits, number of marketable and non – marketable fruits were highest in rice hull mulched plots”
Title
Effect of mulching materials and pruning on growth and yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
L. G. Ekwu; Gilbert Nwokwu; E. B. Utobo Nigeria Agricultural Journal 2017
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Rice hull mulch gave the highest vine length and number of leaves of cucumber.
- Intervention effect Rice hull mulch gave the highest fruit length, diameter and weight of cucumber.
- Intervention effect Rice hull mulch gave the highest number of marketable and non-marketable fruits of cucumber.
- Intervention effect Non-pruning gave a higher total number of fruits of cucumber than main stem pruning.
- Intervention effect Non-pruning gave a higher length, diameter and weight of cucumber fruits than main stem pruning.
- Intervention effect Non-pruning gave a higher number of marketable and non-marketable fruits of cucumber than main stem pruning.
- Intervention effect Black plastic mulch took the longest time to bud break in cucumber.
- Intervention effect Black plastic mulch gave the least value in the yield parameters of cucumber, except fruit length.
- Intervention effect Rice hull mulch with non-pruning gave an optimum marketable yield of cucumber in Abakaliki.