Assessment of growth characteristics and yield of different cucumber cultivars

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 94 - 105, 30.12.2023

Shreesha Khatri Shruti Shrestha Sudip Subedi Shambhu Katel Roshani Adhikari

https://doi.org/10.53663/turjfas.1378743

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out to determine the performance of different cucumber varieties. The research was carried out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 4 treatments and 6 replications. The varieties used are Bhaktapur local, Kamini, Ragini, and Ranjha. Data were collected on the following parameters such as stem length, plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, number of male flowers, number of female flowers, days to first flowering, male to female flower ratio, days to first male flowering, days to first female flowering, fruit weight, fruit length, number of fruits per plant and yield. It is found that among the performance of different varieties, Kamini was the best high yielding variety for this locality with a yield of 58.93 ton ha-1 followed by Ranjha. Kamini exhibited a greater count of female flowers and fruits. In comparison, Bhaktapur local outperformed other varieties in various aspects such as plant height (193.37 cm), number of leaves (42.39), number of branches (7.13), and male to female ratio (2.63).

Keywords

Bhaktapur local, Cucumis sativus, Cucumber cultivars, Productivity, Yield

Ethical Statement

Funding Information: No funding was received. Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Institutional/Ethical Approval: Ethical approval did not apply to this study as the work does not contain human or animal participants or experiments.

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