Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Jaya Giri and SM Ghawade

Abstract:
Effect of fertigation and foliar application of boron on growth and yield of cucumber Cv. Himangi was studied during two consecutive years 2018-19 and 2019-20. The experiment was consisting of fifteen treatment combinations of recommended doses of water soluble fertilizers, comprising of five levels of fertigation viz. 100% RDF through soil, 120% RDF, 100% RDF, 80% RDF and 60% RDF through fertigation in ten equal splits at 10 days interval starting from 8 days after sprouting of seeds along with three levels of boron viz. 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 per cent concentration. The results showed that, most of the traits under study were significantly influenced by various fertigation and boron levels. On the basis of pooled data, it has been observed that, among various treatment combinations, maximum vine length (235.68 cm), number of fruits per vine (6.26), yield per vine (2.44 kg) yield (228.37) q/ha were obtained due to the application of 120% RDF through fertigation along with foliar application of boron at the concentration of 0.2 per cent. The vegetative and yield parameters obtained by cucumber vine showed statistically at par results when fertigated with 100% RDF through fertigation along with foliar application of 0.2% boron. The spraying were undertaken at 30, 45 and 60 days after sowing to cucumber crop Cv. ‘Himangi’.