Abstract
The research to determine the interrelationship between yield and different yield components in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) using organic and inorganic fertilizers was conducted at the Department of Agronomy and Ecological Management Research farm in Enugu, South-eastern Nigeria. The treatment comprises of zero application of the soil amendment (control), poultry manure, NPK and Urea. They were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) and replicated five times. Data were collected on vine length (cm), number of leaves per plant, number of nodes per plant, number of branches per plant, number of flowers per plant, fruit length, fruit weight per plot and fruit yield. Correlation studies were carried out to determine the component that influence fruit yield. Significant differences were recorded for all the agronomic traits evaluated. It was observed that urea gave the longest vine length of 21, 46.4 and 244 cm at 4, 6 and 8 WAP while the control had the least vine length of 17.2, 34 and 108.6 cm at 4, 6 and 8 WAP, respectively. The same trend was of nodes/plant, number of flowers/plant and fruit yield. Correlation analysis showed that in all the stages, plant height was positively and significantly correlated with number of leaves while number of flowers was positively correlated with fruit weight and fruit yield. Based on the results obtained, the use of urea will greatly enhance the production of cucumber more than the use of poultry manure or NPK. Key words: Cucumis sativus, interrelationship, correlation analysis, poultry manure, NPK.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumber agronomic traits differed significantly among fertilizer treatments.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- poultry manure, NPK and Ureae1
- Outcome
- agronomic traitse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Significant differences were recorded for all the agronomic traits evaluated”
t0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus)”
e1“poultry manure, NPK and Urea”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea produced the longest cucumber vines at 4, 6 and 8 weeks after planting.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- ureae0
- Outcome
- vine lengthe0
- Direction
- longeste0
- Value
- 21, 46.4 and 244 cme0
- Qualifier
- at 4, 6 and 8 WAPe0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“urea gave the longest vine length of 21, 46.4 and 244 cm at 4, 6 and 8 WAP while the control had the least vine length of 17.2, 34 and 108.6 cm at 4, 6 and 8 WAP”
t0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus)”
Claim · model-written summary
Urea showed the same favorable trend for cucumber nodes, flowers and fruit yield.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- ureae0
- Outcome
- nodes/plant, number of flowers/plant and fruit yielde0
- Direction
- same trende0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“urea gave the longest vine length of 21, 46.4 and 244 cm at 4, 6 and 8 WAP while the control had the least vine length of 17.2, 34 and 108.6 cm at 4, 6 and 8 WAP, respectively. The same trend was of nodes/plant, number of flowers/plant and fruit yield”
t0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumber plant height was positively and significantly correlated with leaf number across stages.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- positivelye0
- Comparator
- number of leavese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“in all the stages, plant height was positively and significantly correlated with number of leaves”
t0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus)”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumber flower number was positively correlated with fruit weight and yield.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Outcome
- number of flowerse0
- Direction
- positivelye0
- Comparator
- fruit weight and fruit yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“number of flowers was positively correlated with fruit weight and fruit yield”
t0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend urea over poultry manure or NPK for cucumber production.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Outcome
- use of ureae0
- Comparator
- poultry manure or NPKe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the use of urea will greatly enhance the production of cucumber more than the use of poultry manure or NPK”
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