The effect of three types of organic fertilizer on some yield characteristics of two varieties of cucumber plants.

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at the research station of Horticulture and Landscape Department, College of Agriculture, Tikrit University, during the season 2024, to study the effect of three types of organic fertilizers (cow manure, sheep manure, and poultry manure) on two cultivars of cucumber plants. The experiment was implemented according to a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) in a Split-Plot design, fertilization was in the main plots and cultivars in the sub-plots. The results were as follows: Fertilization with caw manure outperformed in the trait fruit number was gave 1.15 fruits plant^-1. As for the characteristics of plant yield, experimental unit yield, and total yield, fertilization with sheep manure was superior, recording values of (1.38 kg plant⁻¹, 6.92 kg, and 57,639 tons ha⁻¹), respectively. Regarding the effect of cultivars, V2 outperformed V1 in the fruit length trait, which gave 32.67 cm plant^-1. The interaction effect was superior between sheep manure and V2 compare with some of  the other treatment in terms of fruit length, plant yield, experimental unit yield, and total yield.