Impact of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under Balaghat (MP) Region

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out with objectives to study the effect of various treatment on growth yield and quality of Cucumber and to work out the economics and Impact of Integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of cucumber cultivation. The experimental material consisted 08 treatments of variety Pusa Uday. The experiment was conducted at Research farm of School of Agriculture Science, Technology and Research, Sardar Patel University, Balaghat (M. P.). The sowing of experimental material was done on 4th week of July, 2023 arranged in Randomized Block Design (RBD) which was replicated thrice. The data for 08 characters were recorded on five randomly selected plants. The data on all the characters were subjected to statistical analysis using statistical software. The overall results obtained from this investigation clearly revealed that the application of T7 (50% RDF + 25%Azosprillum +25% vermicompost) showed the better performance for vegetative growth & flowering (vine length, number of branches per plant, days to first male flowering, number of fruits per vine, average fruit weight, fruit length and fruit yield (t/ha) would be useful to enhance the productivity of cucumber. Cucumber sown in the field under the treatment with 50% RDF + 25% Azospirillum + 25% Vermicompost (T7) recorded the maximum monetary advantage with the benefit cost ratio of 4.24, during the year of experimentation.