Author(s):

Arinderpal Kaur, Harish Chandra Raturi, Dilip Singh Kachwaya, Sandeep Kumar Singh and Talwinder Singh

Abstract: An experiment was conducted during<em> kharif</em>, 2017 in polyhouse, Department of Agriculture, Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib to study the effect of different level of fertigation on growth, and fruit yield of cucumber (<em>Cucumis sativus </em>L.). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven fertigation treatments <em>viz. </em>T₁- 120% RDF, T₂- 110% RDF, T₃- 100% RDF, T₄- 90% RDF, T₅- 80% RDF, T₆- 70% RDF and T₇- Control. The treatments were replicated thrice. On the basis of results summarized that maximum plant height (cm), days to first flowering, days to 50% flowering, days to first picking, number of primary branches, harvest duration (days) and harvest index (%) were recorded with the application of 100% RDF (T₃) which was statistically at par with application of 110% RDF (T₂)<em> </em>and yield attributes <em>viz</em>. average fruit weight (g), number of fruits per plant, fruit diameter (cm), fruit length (cm), fruit yield per plant (kg) and fruit yield per hectare (t) with application of 100% RDF (T₃). Thus, drip fertigation helped to improve the cucumber plant growth and fruit yield, particularly the composition 100% RDF/ha compared to others.

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