The influence of soil moisture stress and plant populations on the yield of pickling cucumbers

Tan, C. S.; Fulton, J. M.; Nuttall, V. W.

doi:10.1016/0304-4238(83)90094-8

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“…The ability of clay content to hold water and nutrients is very high compared to sandy soil, overlaying or incorporating clay soil with sandy soil increased the available water and nutrients at the upper 20 cm soil depth results in the large increased in cucumber yield or maize dry matter. Similar results found by Al-Omran et al [2] and Tan et al [21]. Slight increase in crop yield for overlay treatment was found compared to the incorporate treatment for both cultivars.…”

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Improvement of crop yield, soil moisture distribution and water use efficiency in sandy soils by clay application

Ismail

Ozawa

2007

Applied Clay Science

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Section: Yieldsupporting

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Improvement of crop yield, soil moisture distribution and water use efficiency in sandy soils by clay application

Ismail

Ozawa

2007

Applied Clay Science

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“…1). The lower soil moisture contents and high- These results agree with those of Tan et al (1983), who also reported that the proportion of marketable cucumbers increased with increasing amounts of irrigation as a result of fewer culls.…”

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“…Irrigation consequently represents a valuable tool for cucumber production. Tan et al (1983) demonstrated that irrigation substantially increased yield and improved the quality of both multi-harvested and once-over harvested processing cucumbers. Ortega and Kretchman (1982) attributed reduced yields in processing cucumbers to inadequate water supply and increased competition between plant organs.…”

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Irrigation and fertilizer management effects on processing cucumber productivity and water use efficiency

Beyaert¹,

Roy²,

Coelho³

2007

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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All irrigation methods enhanced yields, with drip irrigation coupled with fertigation showing significant advantages in terms of yield and economic returns compared with overhead irrigation and conventional fertilization practices. Irrigation increased dry matter accumulation, fruit yield and economic returns over non-irrigated treatments in a dry year, but only DI/F and SDI/F irrigation with fertigation increased these parameters in a wet year. Irrigation water use efficiency was greatest with SDI/F in 2 of 3 yr. This study indicates that processing cucumbers in Ontario benefit from irrigation, with drip irrigation/fertigation being more beneficial than overhead sprinkler irrigation. Subsurface drip irrigation systems increase irrigation water use efficiency over sprinkler and surface drip systems when higher than average temperatures coupled with lower than average rainfall are experienced on coarse-textured soils.

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“…Several studies have shown the effect of cucumber plant density on yield (Morrison and Ries 1968;Chambliss and Turner 1972;Downes et al 1972;Cantliffe and Phatak 1975;Widders and Price 1989;Van Wann 1993), but only two were concerned with the little-leaf cucumber type (Cook et al 1991;Staub et al 1992). The relationship between plant density and growth or yield was difficult to determine, since it is dependent upon the genotype of the plant (Nienhuis et al 1984) as well as the environment (O'Sullivan 1980;Tan et al 1983). Cantliffe and Phatak (1975) reported cucumber fruit development is slower at high plant populations (250 000 to 850 000 plants ha -1 ) than at lower densities (50 000 to 200 000 plants ha -1 ) and the number of fruits per plant decreased with increasing plant density.…”

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Optimum planting density and harvest stage for little-leaf and normal-leaf cucumbers for once-over harvest

Schultheis¹,

Wehner²,

Walters³

1998

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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Schultheis, J. R., Wehner, T. C. and Walters, S. A. 1998. Optimum planting density and harvest stage for little-leaf and normalleaf cucumbers for once-over harvest. Can. J. Plant Sci. 78: 333-340. Optimum planting density and harvest stage were determined for once-over harvest of little-leaf and normal-leaf cucumbers. Three harvest stages (10, 25, and 50% oversize fruit) and four plant densities (37,000, 75,000, 150,000, and 300,000 plants/ha) were evaluated on little-leaf cucumber (H-19) and normalleaf cucumber (Sumter and Regal). Plant density did not affect skin color, seedcell size, and seed size in the cultivars evaluated. However, lighter skin color, larger seedcell, and larger seed size were detected at the later harvest stages in H-19. Harvest stage did not influence fruit skin color in Regal and Sumter, but seedcell size and seed size increased quadratically with harvest stage. H-19 produced the highest yield (tonne/ha) and dollar value ($/ha) followed by Regal and Sumter. Considering fruit quality and dollar value, the 10% harvest stage at 330 000 plants ha -1 was the optimum stage and density for once-over harvest of H-19 under North Carolina growing conditions. Higher yield occurred at the later harvest stages, but poorer fruit quality (increased seed and seedcell size, and a lighter skin color) was associated with those stages. Fruit quality and dollar value of Regal was best at the 10% harvest stage at approximately 240 000 plants ha -1 , while 200 000 plants ha -1 was best for Sumter.

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The influence of soil moisture stress and plant populations on the yield of pickling cucumbers

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Improvement of crop yield, soil moisture distribution and water use efficiency in sandy soils by clay application

Improvement of crop yield, soil moisture distribution and water use efficiency in sandy soils by clay application

Irrigation and fertilizer management effects on processing cucumber productivity and water use efficiency

Optimum planting density and harvest stage for little-leaf and normal-leaf cucumbers for once-over harvest

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