Growth and yield effects of cucumber in a soilless greenhouse using cocopeat and rice husk as growing media-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Growth and yield effects of cucumber in a soilless greenhouse using cocopeat and rice husk as growing media

Published:2024 Issue:2 Volume:49 Page:75-81
ISSN:0554-5587
Container-title:Poljoprivredna tehnika
language:en
Short-container-title:Poljoprivredna tehnika

Author:

Chikwue Maxwell,Ezem Rachael,Nwakuba Nnaemeka^ORCID,Okogbule-Wonodi Achinike

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the growth and yield performance of cucumbers planted using agricultural wastes that served as a planting media (soilless farming) against traditional soil planting. The research was carried out in a greenhouse of 10.64 m2 area. The experiment was randomized in a complete block design which comprised two treatments and three replications with a control experiment (soil farming). The treatments were: T1 and T2 irrigated manually at intervals of once per day. The physicochemical parameters of the culture media were determined, also the agronomic parameters (growth indices) of the plants were determined and the results were subjected to statistical analysis. The result showed that T2 (100% rice husk) had the highest plant height of 151.0 cm on average, and a pedicel length of 12. 8cm.T2 (100% rice husk) produced the highest cucumber fruit yield of 0.53 kg/m2 with an average length and size of 23.77cm and 542.73 cm, respectively while T1 (100% cocopeat) produced the lowest yield of cucumber for harvest. The control experiment (soil), with the highest average stem diameter of 2.57 cm had an average fruit length and size of 23.77 cm and 429.5 cm, respectively. The difference between the culture media was significant (P < 0.01) as yield and some other growth indices were higher in rice husk growing media.

Publisher

Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)

Link

https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0554-5587/2024/0554-55872402075C.pdf

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