Abstract
A field study was carried out to examine the effects of organic amendment on the morpho-physiology, growth indices, and fruiting of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) plants. The pumpkin seedlings were raised in polybags and treated without fertilizer (control), cow dung, goat dung, poultry dung, vermicompost, compost, and inorganic fertilizer (NPK). The results showed that poultry dung and cow dung treatments significantly increased the length of vine, leaf number, leaf area, and leaf dry weight of pumpkin plants. Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants. Poultry dung treatment also increased the internode length and initiated flowers earlier than the control. Petiole length, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content were 5.59, 1.49, and 1.41 times higher with NPK treatment compared to the control group. In addition, poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants. From this study, it can be concluded that poultry dung treatment enhanced the vegetative and reproductive growth, plant physiology, fruiting, and quality of pumpkin.
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Poultry dung significantly increased vine length, leaf number, leaf area and leaf dry weight of pumpkin relative to the unfertilized control.
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e0“poultry dung and cow dung treatments significantly increased the length of vine, leaf number, leaf area, and leaf dry weight of pumpkin plants”
e1“without fertilizer (control)”
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Cow dung significantly increased vine length, leaf number, leaf area and leaf dry weight of pumpkin relative to the unfertilized control.
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e0“poultry dung and cow dung treatments significantly increased the length of vine, leaf number, leaf area, and leaf dry weight of pumpkin plants”
e1“without fertilizer (control)”
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Poultry dung increased the absolute growth rate of pumpkin by 345% over the control plants.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the relative growth rate of pumpkin by 287% over the control plants.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the leaf area index of pumpkin by 770% over the control plants.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the leaf area ratio of pumpkin by 384% over the control plants.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the leaf area duration of pumpkin by 415% over the control plants.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the fresh plant biomass of pumpkin by 1139% over the control plants.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment increased the absolute growth rate (AGR), relative growth rate (RGR), leaf area index (LAI), leaf area ratio (LAR), leaf area duration (LAD), and fresh plant biomass by 345%, 287%, 770%, 384%, 415%, and 1139%, respectively over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the internode length of pumpkin compared with the control.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment also increased the internode length and initiated flowers earlier than the control”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung made pumpkin initiate flowers earlier than the control.
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e0“Poultry dung treatment also increased the internode length and initiated flowers earlier than the control”
t0“pumpkin”
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NPK treatment made pumpkin petiole length 5.59 times that of the control group.
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e0“Petiole length, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content were 5.59, 1.49, and 1.41 times higher with NPK treatment compared to the control group”
t0“pumpkin”
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NPK treatment made pumpkin stomatal conductance 1.49 times that of the control group.
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e0“Petiole length, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content were 5.59, 1.49, and 1.41 times higher with NPK treatment compared to the control group”
t0“pumpkin”
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NPK treatment made pumpkin chlorophyll content 1.41 times that of the control group.
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e0“Petiole length, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content were 5.59, 1.49, and 1.41 times higher with NPK treatment compared to the control group”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the female flower number of pumpkin by 350% over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the male-female flower ratio of pumpkin by 30% over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased the number of pumpkin fruits by 300% over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased pumpkin fruit weight by 100% over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased pumpkin fruit diameter and fruit circumference, each by 80%, over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased pumpkin fruit length by 67% over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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Poultry dung increased pumpkin flesh thickness by 105% over the control plants.
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e0“poultry dung treatment increased the female flower number, male-female flower ratio, number of fruits, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit circumference, fruit length, and flesh thickness by 350%, 30%, 300%, 100%, 80%, 80%, 67%, and 105%, respectively, over the control plants”
t0“pumpkin”
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