Relationship between morphological characters, dry matter yield and fruit yield of cucumber

Abstract

Field experiment was conducted during the wet season of 2008 at the Teaching and Research Farm of
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (Lat. 6° 45' North and Long. 6° 08' East and an altitude of 460 metres
above sea level), to evaluate the relationship between farmyard manure, inorganic fertilizer and dry
matter weights on the yield of cucumber. The experiment consisted of one variety of cucumber
(Ashley), three farmyard manure rates and five fertilizer levels using a randomised complete block
design fitted into a 3 × 5 factorial scheme with three replicates. The result of the study indicated that
increasing the farmyard manure and fertilizer levels led to an increase in dry matter production and the
yield of cucumber. There was a positive correlation between the total dry matter production and yield
components of cucumber