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Growth and yield of
cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) as influenced by
farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizer
E. K.
Eifediyi and S. U.
Remison
Department of Crop Science, Ambrose Alli University, P. M. B.
14, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
keveifediyi@yahoo.com.
Accepted 6 March, 2010 |
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The growth and yield of Ashley variety of cucumber in
response to the effect of farmyard manure and inorganic
fertilizer NPK 20:10:10 was evaluated at the Teaching and
Research Farm of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma,
Nigeria Lat 6°45’N and long 6°08’E. The farmyard manure was
applied at the rates of 0, 5 and 10 t/ha and the inorganic
fertilizer at 0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 kg/ha. The layout was
a 3 × 5 factorial scheme with three replicates. The combined
rates of farmyard manure at 10 t/ha × 400 kg/ha fertilizer
increased the growth characters such as the vine length and
the number of leaves. At 8 weeks after planting (WAP), the
application of 10 t/ha of farmyard manure × 400 kg/ha of
fertilizer gave the longest vine length of 276.93 cm and the
highest number of leaves. The fruit length, fruit girth,
fruit weight per plant and fruit weight per hectare were
significantly influenced by the application of farmyard
manure × fertilizer. The highest weight of 2.43 kg per plant
and yield per hectare of 43,259 kg/ha were obtained with 10
t/ha farmyard manure and 400 kg/ha of fertilizer which were
166.42% higher than the control.
Key words:
Cucumber, farmyard manure, inorganic fertilizer, growth and
yield. |
