Effect of Spent Bleaching Earth and Pig Manure on The Yield and Nitrogen Utilization of Maize (Zea mays L.) in Inland Valley Swamp of Owo, South Western Nigeria

Aderibigbe, A. T. B.; Eleduma, A.F.; Oyewumi, Adefemi

doi:10.5376/ijh.2017.07.0015

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“…[13] reported that off-season bottle gourd cultivation leads to higher gross returns, maximum net monetary return due to the higher price of vegetables, and also a higher cost-benefit ratio. Similar results were observed by Khan et al in 2001 [11] in tinda vegetable crops, supporting the opinion given by Aderibigbe and A.T. Benjamin in 2016 [12] .…”

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Off-season trellis-based vegetable cultivation can provide better source of income for small and marginal farmers

Singh,

Tiwari,

Dixit

et al. 2024

Int. J. Res. Agron.

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This research is conducted on the effects of bottle gourd cultivation during the off-season by small and marginal farmers in the Deeh block of Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh. In agriculture, trellis farming has become revolutionary, especially for creepers like Bottle gourd, Ridge gourd, Bitter gourd, etc. A total of 20 farmers were selected from five villages for the study in the FRDP (Focused Rural Development Programme) project area during the year 2022-2023. Each farmer cultivated bottle gourd on 0.5-acre area, with 10 farmers sowing seeds in the first week of February 2023 and the remaining 10 in the first week of May 2023. This study shows bottle gourd farming using trellis during the off-season and on-season, focusing on input costs, yield, harvesting dates, Gross Return (Rs), Price per qt (Rs), Net Return (Rs) and B:C Ratio. Onseason (February) bottle gourd cultivation performed better in terms of production and harvesting days than off-season cultivation, with negligible cost of cultivation differences. Off-season bottle gourd cultivation production is less (68.213) on 0.5 acres than on-season bottle gourd cultivation (79.130), and also onseason bottle gourd cultivation had higher harvesting days (87.03) and also significantly higher than offseason bottle gourd cultivation (70.00). Economic features show notable variations that support off-season farming. Remarkably, for 0.5 acres, offseason cultivation yielded more net return (Rs 72700.80) with Rs. 2004.34 per qt. On the other hand, the net return from on-season cultivation was Rs 35944.60 with Rs.1231.65 per qt. These findings highlight the off-season bottle gourd cultivation's economic feasibility in trellis-based systems. However, May sowing fetches the best market price as the highest B:C ratio (2.11) was recorded for May sowing.

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Off-season trellis-based vegetable cultivation can provide better source of income for small and marginal farmers

Singh,

Tiwari,

Dixit

et al. 2024

Int. J. Res. Agron.

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“…It is the fourth most important vegetable crop after tomato, cabbage, and onion in Asia (Kalloo & Bergh, 2012); the second most important vegetable crop after tomato in Western Europe (Phu, 1998); and is the fourth most cultivated vegetable in the world after tomatoes, brassicas and onions (Ene et al, 2016). Cucumber is a year-round outdoor vegetable in the tropics and an important greenhouse vegetable, in Northern Europe and North America (Adesina & Benjamin, 2016). In greenhouses, it is cultivated using artificial heating in the winter season (Phu, 1998).…”

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Performance of Exotic Cucumber Varieties under Local Cultivation Practices in Kapilvastu District of Nepal

Dhakal,

Khanal,

Maharjan

2023

IJEAB

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A field experiment was carried out in the Western Terai of Nepal, Buddhabhumi municipality of Kapilvastu district to screen out the best-performing cucumber variety among the five most cultivated exotic varieties; LHC-1395, LHC-Maria, Dynasty, NS-408, and Rehmat-1080 during February to July of 2019. The package of cultivation practiced in this study replicates that of the local farmers. The experimental setup was laid on Randomized Complete Block Design having five replications and five treatments in an area of the 750-meter square. The crop geometry was maintained at 25 cm×15 cm and the size of each plot was 1.4 m2. Data was collected on the morphological and yield parameters such as plant height/vine length, number of leaves, number of branches, days to flowering and fruit development, number of fruits, fruit weight, and fruit yield per plant. The study revealed that the performance of Dynasty was best in terms of plant height with an average increase in height of 23.9 cm per week. LHC-1395 was demonstrated to be the variety with the highest increase in leaf number with an average of 2.08 leaves per week. Similarly, the highest number of branches was found to develop in NS-408 (3.2), the highest number of fruits per plant in LHC-1395 (11.36), the highest single fruit weight in LHC-Maria (208.44 grams), and the highest fruit yield per plant in LHC-1395 (2137.9 grams). Thus, the study concluded that LHC-1395 is a high-yielding variety suited for the study area.

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Effect of Spent Bleaching Earth and Pig Manure on The Yield and Nitrogen Utilization of Maize (Zea mays L.) in Inland Valley Swamp of Owo, South Western Nigeria

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Off-season trellis-based vegetable cultivation can provide better source of income for small and marginal farmers

Off-season trellis-based vegetable cultivation can provide better source of income for small and marginal farmers

Performance of Exotic Cucumber Varieties under Local Cultivation Practices in Kapilvastu District of Nepal

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