Abstract
Field experiments were conducted using different soilless media with drip fertigation at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India during spring - summer (November - May) seasons for 2 years (2004–2006) to evaluate the economic feasibility of soilless media in combination with drip fertigation levels for a cucumber variety Green Long. The effect of growth and yield with soilless media were studied on biometric and yield responses. The results of soil either alone or conjunction with soilless media were compared with drip fertigation in terms of growth and yield of the crop. There were nine different media levels and two fertigation levels with 18 treatment combination replicated twice. The treatment of peat: vermicompost: sand (T2F1) was found to have a positive influence on plant height, flower characters, and yield per hectare in greenhouse as well as open field cultivation as compared to other soilless media. The highest yield (113.89 t/ha) was registered in T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand) under naturally ventilated polyhouse and yield per hectare and the highest yield (96.11 t ha−1) was registered in T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand) in open field cultivation. A yield increase of 18.45% was observed with the cucumber grown in greenhouse under the treatment of T2F1. The benefit-cost ratio (3.43) was found to be highest for peat: vermicompost: sand with 100% drip fertigation under greenhouse.
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Claim · model-written summary
Peat: vermicompost: sand (T2F1) had a positive influence on cucumber plant height, flower characters and yield per hectare in greenhouse and open field cultivation compared with other soilless media.
- Taxon
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- peat: vermicompost: sand (T2F1)e0
- Outcome
- plant height, flower characters, and yield per hectaree0
- Direction
- positive influencee0
- Comparator
- other soilless mediae0
- Setting
- greenhouse as well as open field cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber”
e0“The treatment of peat: vermicompost: sand (T2F1) was found to have a positive influence on plant height, flower characters, and yield per hectare in greenhouse as well as open field cultivation as compared to other soilless media”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest cucumber yield, 113.89 t/ha, was obtained with T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand) under a naturally ventilated polyhouse.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand)e0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 113.89 t/hae0
- Setting
- naturally ventilated polyhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber”
e0“The highest yield (113.89 t/ha) was registered in T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand) under naturally ventilated polyhouse”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest cucumber yield in open field cultivation, 96.11 t ha-1, was obtained with T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand).
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand)e0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 96.11 t ha−1e0
- Setting
- open field cultivatione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber”
e0“the highest yield (96.11 t ha−1) was registered in T2F1 (peat: vermicompost: sand) in open field cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
A yield increase of 18.45% was observed in cucumber grown in the greenhouse under the T2F1 treatment.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- treatment of T2F1e0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 18.45%e0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A yield increase of 18.45% was observed with the cucumber grown in greenhouse under the treatment of T2F1”
Claim · model-written summary
The benefit-cost ratio (3.43) was highest for peat: vermicompost: sand with 100% drip fertigation under greenhouse.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- peat: vermicompost: sand with 100% drip fertigatione0
- Outcome
- benefit-cost ratioe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 3.43e0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber”
e0“The benefit-cost ratio (3.43) was found to be highest for peat: vermicompost: sand with 100% drip fertigation under greenhouse”
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