Productivity Maximizing of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Optimized Use of compost and compost tea under different levels of Mineral Fertilizers
Omara, A., Farrag, D. (2022). Productivity Maximizing of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Optimized Use of compost and compost tea under different levels of Mineral Fertilizers. EKB Journal Management System, 6(2022), 181-189. doi: 10.21608/jenvbs.2022.145574.1179
Alaa El-Dein Omara; Diaa K. Farrag. "Productivity Maximizing of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Optimized Use of compost and compost tea under different levels of Mineral Fertilizers". EKB Journal Management System, 6, 2022, 2022, 181-189. doi: 10.21608/jenvbs.2022.145574.1179
Omara, A., Farrag, D. (2022). 'Productivity Maximizing of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Optimized Use of compost and compost tea under different levels of Mineral Fertilizers', EKB Journal Management System, 6(2022), pp. 181-189. doi: 10.21608/jenvbs.2022.145574.1179
Omara, A., Farrag, D. Productivity Maximizing of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Optimized Use of compost and compost tea under different levels of Mineral Fertilizers. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 6(2022): 181-189. doi: 10.21608/jenvbs.2022.145574.1179

Productivity Maximizing of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Optimized Use of compost and compost tea under different levels of Mineral Fertilizers

Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security
Volume 6, Issue 2022, 2022, Page 181-189  XML PDF (540.15 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jenvbs.2022.145574.1179
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Authors
Alaa El-Dein Omara email orcid 1; Diaa K. Farrag2
1Agricultural Microbiology, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
2Agricultural Research Center, Department of Vegetable Research, Horticultural Research Institute, Giza 12112, Egypt;
Abstract
During the growing summers of 2020 and 2021, two field experiments were conducted at the Sakha Agric. Res. Station farm in Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt to improve cucumber plant "hybrid Prince" vegetative growth, yield, and quality by using of organic soil amendments (compost) and foliar spray (compost tea), under different levels of mineral fertilizers. Cucumber plants were treated with T1: control (100 % NPK), T2: 100 % NPK + compost, T3: 75 % NPK + compost, and T4: 50 % NPK + compost, T5: 100 % NPK + foliar spray with compost tea, T6: 75 % NPK + foliar spray with compost tea, and T7: 50 % NPK + foliar spray with compost tea in a completely randomized block design with three replicates.
Over the control plant (T1), the application of a combination treatment with 100 % NPK + compost (T2) as soil amendments and 75 % NPK + foliar spray with compost tea (T6) as a foliar spray resulted in significant increases in vegetative growth (leaf area (cm2), leaves dry matter %, and number of female flowers/plant), fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), early and total fruit yield (t fed-1 ), and this was reflected on increased total soluble solids, N, P and K % in leaves as well as chlorophyll content.
So that, 100 % NPK + soil amendments with compost and 75 % NPK + foliar spray with compost tea treatment had a superior effect to improve yield and quality of the cucumber plant.
Keywords
Cucumber; Organic fertilizers; Mineral fertilizers; Yield; Quality
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