Abstract:
An experiment was carried out during the period of April to July 2019 at Horticulture
farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh to evaluate
the yield performance of cucumber influenced by seedling age and training. The
experiment was laid out in the Randomized Complete Block Design with three
replications. Treatment as three different age of seedling i.e. S
1
=15 days old seedling ,
S
2
= 20 days old seedling, S
3
= 25 days old seedling; and four levels of training i.e.
T
0
=Control, T
1=
Removal of all branches up to 40 cm height, T
2
= Removal of all
branches up to 80 cm height and T
3
= Removal of all branches up to 120 cm height .
‘Baromashi’ (local variety) was used in this experiment. In case of seedling age, the
maximum number of fruits per plant (17.18), individual fruit weight (174.33 g) and
fruit yield (41.63 t/ha) was recorded from S
3
treatment, whereas the lowest was
recorded from S
1
treatment. On the other hand, the maximum number of fruits per plant
(15.93), individual fruit weight (160.87 g) and fruit yield (35.97 ton/ha) was recorded
from T
1
treatment, while the lowest was recorded from T
0
(control) treatment. In case
of combined effect S
3
T
1
produced the maximum number of fruits per plant (19.45),
weight of individual fruit (177.91 g) and the highest yield (47.73 ton/ha), while the
lowest were recorded from S
1
T
0
treatment combination respectively. The highest net
income (73082 TK/ha) and benefit cost ratio (2.58) was noted from S
3
treatment. It
may therefore be accomplished that the 25 days old seedling and removal of all
branches up to 40 cm height showed more cost-effective than rest of the combinations
in cultivation of cucumber.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
HORTICULTURE
