Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Off season performance of ten cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) hybrids under naturally ventilated polyhouse
Author(s): Suman Nandi, Umesh Thapa, Satish Kr Subba, Reva Mondal and Pinkey Dukpa
Abstract: The present investigation was conducted at Horticulture Research Station, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal with ten cucumber hybrid varieties namely Evergreen Plus, Susoma, Suvan, NS404, Kamini, Malini, Happy Dance, Monoroma, Nina Plus and Cucumber Dabang in a naturally ventilated arched saw teeth type polyhouse during the winter season (September-December) of 2016-2017. The experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design and replicated thrice. The aim of the experiment was to select the best performing hybrids on the basis of various growth parameters, yield attributes, yield and quality parameters of the plants. The results showed a highly significant difference (p<0.05) among the hybrids in all the traits. Maximum vine length (4.23 m), internodal length (15.20 cm) and number of leaves per vine (82.25) were found from the hybrid Malini. Whereas hybrid Happy Dance took minimum days for first female flowering (31.33), 50% flowering (42.81) and first harvesting (43.31). Simultaneously Happy Dance also showed a promising results in a nodal position where the first female flower (9.28) appeared. Harvesting period (52.26), number of fruits per vine (29.43), fruit yield per vine (5.65) and total fruit yield per m2 (20.13) were maximum from the hybrid Monoroma. So it can be concluded that hybrid Happy Dance and Monoroma can be suggested as the best hybrids for off season cultivation within a protected condition.
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Suman Nandi, Umesh Thapa, Satish Kr Subba, Reva Mondal, Pinkey Dukpa. Off season performance of ten cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) hybrids under naturally ventilated polyhouse. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):1604-1607.
