Soilless Cucumber Cultivation under Protective Structures in Relation to Irrigation Coupled Fertigation Management, Economic Viability and Potential Benefits-A Review

Singh, Mahesh Chand; Kachwaya, Dilip Singh; Kalsi, Kapil

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.703.286

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“…Successful cultivation of vegetables and ornamental plants in hydroponic systems using different substrates and nutrient solutions have been reported: for example, carrot in rockwool blocks containing vermiculite with a supply of nutrient solutions through subsurface irrigation in a greenhouse, watermelon grown in aeroponics by NFT, lettuce raised in polystyrene foam + pots with discharge of three nutrient solutions through a floating system in a greenhouse, ginger in pots supplemented coir dust and burnt paddy husk in different proportions with MARDI nutrient solution through irrigation channels in a side-netted rain shelter, green beans in pots supplemented with peat, perlite, and sand with a supply of nutrient solution through subsurface irrigation, broccoli grown in rockwool with supply of Hoagland nutrient solution in a multitunnel greenhouse, kohlrabi ( Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes ) with NFT in a greenhouse, rhododendron flower production in containers containing mixtures of bark, sphagnum peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite, hybrid lily in plastic bags containing cocopeat, perlite, and palm trunk in different proportions with discharge of nutrient solution, mustard in hydroponics and aquaponics, tomato, and tomato, cucumber, eggplant, chili pepper, carrot, lettuce, and spinach in an open roof top system …”

Section: Application Of Soilless Culture In Agriculture and Horticult...mentioning

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“…Mustard spinach seedlings developed in polystyrene trays containing vermiculite substrate and then transferred into a net pot containing gravel under black–white shade net house conditions with a planting density of 25 plants/m 2 employing NFT, supplied with nutrient solutions (68 mg N, 42 mg P, 208 mg K, 30 mg Mg, 64 mg S, 1.254 mg Fe, 0.022 mg Cu, 0.149 mg Zn, 0.299 mg Mn, 0.373 mg B, 0.037 mg Mo, calcium nitrate (117 mg +166 mg Ca)) had maximum performance . Cocopeat growing media and Hoagland solution in drip irrigation resulted in high quality growth and nutrient enriched cucumber in protected cultivation …”

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Crop Hydroponics, Phyto-hydroponics, Crop Production, and Factors Affecting Soilless Culture

Sharma

Manpoong

Devadas³

et al. 2022

ACS Agric. Sci. Technol.

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Soilless culture is emerging as a popular tool to grow agricultural and horticultural crops in open systems, closed systems, protected cultivation, vertical farming, and soil affected or stress-affected areas. The climatic factors and biometabolism are integrated in stimulating quality phenological growth and biochemical and physiological processes in soilless crop production. Soilless crop production (SCP) has immense potential to build a soilless green revolution and for sustaining crop production. Information on substrate and water based culture collected for the period from 1996 to 2022 is reviewed and analyzed in this work. The performance of crops in soilless culture improves morphological and physiological parameters compared with soil based cultivation. The distinct environmental factors positively influence soilless culture to exhibit cellular processes, biological processes, molecular processes, and the ecosystem in the crop. The impacts of ecological factors are more efficient in closed systems compared with open systems. The salient features of metabolites and biometabolism in substrate based media were identified with transcriptome analysis and found to be different compared with soil based cultivation. Developing simple nutrient formulations suited for soilless culture is essential to popularize this technology among marginal farmers.

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Section: Application Of Soilless Culture In Agriculture and Horticult...mentioning

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Section: Application Of Soilless Culture In Agriculture and Horticult...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Crop Hydroponics, Phyto-hydroponics, Crop Production, and Factors Affecting Soilless Culture

Sharma

Manpoong

Devadas³

et al. 2022

ACS Agric. Sci. Technol.

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“…The protected cultivation of cucumber in different soilless culture systems (substrate culture or hydroponic) under optimal operating microclimate conditions has become a promising alternative for sustainable production as a result of shifting climate change scenarios as well as soilrelated problems (Singh et al, 2018). In addition, soilless culture techniques, as intensive cropping systems, lead to not only maximizing crop yield per square meter of land but also per cubic meter of water, thus increasing water use efficiency under the water scarcity crisis (Singer et al, 2015).…”

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Studies on Cucumber Production Using Substrate Culture under North Sinai Conditions

Ali¹

2023

J. Ecol. Eng.

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A wide range of soilless cultivation techniques have been developed and introduced for intensive cropping systems and for boosting the crop yield of many vegetables, mainly in greenhouses. Adoption of some local natural byproducts to be utilized as a substrate growing medium to overcome soil-related problems appeared to be a promising project. Therefore, greenhouse experiments were conducted at the Baloza Experimental Station of the Desert Research Center (DRC), North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, during the two consecutive winter growing seasons of 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. These experiments aimed to investigate the effects of seven growing substrate culture treatments of separated or mixed sand obtained from sand dunes and date palm tree residues (Karenna) on plant vegetative growth, flowering, fruit yield and quality traits, and fruit nutritional values of cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus L.) Filial-1 hybrid 1101. Crop evapotranspiration reference (ETc) and water use efficiency (WUE), as well as treatment feasibility, were also studied. The experiment was set up in a complete randomized block design with three replicates. The obtained results strongly indicated that growing substrate media containing 25% sand (S) from sand dunes mixed with 75% grinded Karenna (Kg) of date palm (1 S + 3 Kg) significantly recorded the superiority of all studied characters of plant vegetative growth, number of flowers, fruit set, yield and its components, as well as fruit N, P and K contents, compared with other growing substrate medium treatments. On the contrary, the worst values of all studied parameters were achieved when sand was used alone (100% S) as a growing media. Furthermore, the highest water use efficiency and net income values were also attained by the 1 S + 3 Kg media treatment relative to the other growing substrate medium treatments.

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“…It is usually grown throughout the tropical and subtropical countries. Harvested at immature stage, its fruits have extremely high metabolic activity (Singh et al, 2018). Indeed, they are a good source of phytonutrients such as flavonoids, lignans, and triterpenes, which have antioxidants, antiinflammatory anti-cancer benefits.…”

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“…However, if an adequate technology is applied, it can bring obtained yields with important benefits. Cucumber can be planted directly through seeding or transplanting (Singh et al, 2018). As a rule of thumb, the soil is usually the most available growing medium for plants because it provides anchorage, nutrients, air, and water for successful plant growth and for microorganisms (Sepehri et al, 2018).…”

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Effect of fertilizers type and watering methods on the agronomic performance of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown on substrate in southern Côte d'Ivoire

Yao¹,

Kouakou²,

Adjoumani³

et al. 2021

Int. J. Bio. Chem. Sci

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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a plant of great importance for food, agriculture, economy and medicine. This importance explains its high demand, intensified by its cultivation conditions, particularly the growing rarity of fertile land and available water. To contribute to this species yield optimization, the effects of fertilizers type [chemical: NPK (12-22-22) and organic: Agribionate] and a control (C) combined to two watering modes (traditional sprinkler and bottle drip) on plants growth and yield have been studied from sowing to harvest. Plant growth (stem length and diameter at the collar, number of leaves and flowers per plant, leaf area) and yield (fruit weight, diameter and length, yield) were assessed. ANOVA2 tests revealed that fertilization (NPK and agribionate) favored plant growth (respectively 34.20 and 37.32 cm in height against 6.67 cm) and increased yield (7498, 66 and 6600.46 Kg/ha against 1558 Kg/ha) with the largest and heaviest fruits (145.69 and 142.80 g) compared to the control (C) that produced the smallest ones (59.35 g). About watering, the bottle drip mode was more beneficial than traditional sprinkler one for cucumber organ growth and plant yield. The interaction (fertilizer type × watering mode) indicated that the best results were obtained with the Agribionate fertilizer watered with the bottle drip method.

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Soilless Cucumber Cultivation under Protective Structures in Relation to Irrigation Coupled Fertigation Management, Economic Viability and Potential Benefits-A Review

Cited by 14 publications

References 56 publications

Crop Hydroponics, Phyto-hydroponics, Crop Production, and Factors Affecting Soilless Culture

Crop Hydroponics, Phyto-hydroponics, Crop Production, and Factors Affecting Soilless Culture

Studies on Cucumber Production Using Substrate Culture under North Sinai Conditions

Effect of fertilizers type and watering methods on the agronomic performance of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown on substrate in southern Côte d'Ivoire

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