Effects Of Poultry Manure Application Rates On Growth And Yield Of Cucumber Varieties.
- Author
- Tinashe Mutata
- Title
- Effects Of Poultry Manure Application Rates On Growth And Yield Of Cucumber Varieties.
- Abstract
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ABSTRACT
Cucumbers are very important, since it contain high nutritional, medicinal as well as health beneficial values. Information on optimum poultry manure rates is very important in the correction of soil nutrient deficiencies for cucumber production. A field trial to study the effect of poultry manure rates (0, 10, 20, 30t/ ha) on the growth and yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) varieties (Pointset and Ashley) was conducted at Morioto Farm, Matepatepa Bindura, Mashonaland Central. The experiment was carried out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. It was a 2 x 4 factor experiment, the first was poultry manure rates and the second factor was varieties. Both factors showed significant variations in growth and yield parameters. The parameters measured were vine length, number of leaves per plant, number of fruits at 30 and 60 days and weight of each fruit. Significantly maximum vine length at 30 days was (87cm) and (193cm) at 60 days, numbers of leaves plant per plant at 30 days (46) and (83) at 60 days, number of fruits per plant at 30 days (4) and at 60 days (14), fruit weight (200 g) were obtained in plants supplied with poultry manure at a rate of 30 t/ha. The research data collected was subjected to Analysis of Varience (ANOVA) using Gen STAT software. The treatment-variety interactions were not significantly different in all parameters except on number of leaves. Pointset performed best in all parameters. The poultry manure rate of 30t/ha to Pointset variety induced high growth and yield. Pointset can be commercially cultivated with the application of poultry manure rate of 30t/ha for high growth and yield in Matepatepa, Bindura.
- Date
- JUNE 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Key words: Poultry manure, cucumber, growth and yield
- Supervisor
- Professor Mandumbu
- Item sets
- Department of Crop Sciences
- Media
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Tinashe Mutata
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