"Influence of INM and split application of fertilizer on cucumber". Effect of integrated nutrient management and split application of fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of cucumber

      Аннотация: All physical and quality parameters of cucumber under protected conditions plant of different level of fertilizers applied. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (factorial) with twelve treatment combinations with three replications. The basic concept of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) is to maintain or adjust the soil fertility and plant nutrient supply in long run to reach the optimum level for sustaining crop production and optimization of the benefits from all possible sources involving inorganic fertilizers, biological sources and organic manures. Influence of various organic, inorganic and bio-fertilizer source of nutrients with split application of fertilizer at optimum level on growth and yield parameters of cucumber under polyhouse conditions can be utilized for the year-round production of high value quality vegetable crops. Therefore, keeping in view all the perspectives of protected cultivation and fertigation, the present investigation was framed to study the performance of greenhouse cucumber in varying levels of fertilizer doses of split application.

Ключевые слова: Cucumber, INM, fertigation, Split application, Yield