Vol. 9, Special Issue 10, Part Y (2025)

A field experiment entitled “Evaluation of different organic manure on growth, yield and quality traits of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in Bastar plateau” was conducted at Krantikari Debridhur College of Horticulture and Research Station, Jagdalpur (C.G.) during the Kharif season of 2024-25. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The treatments consisted of ten organic manure management practices viz., T₀ (Control), T₁ (FYM 75% + Poultry manure 25%), T₂ (FYM 75% + Vermicompost 25%), T₃ (Poultry manure 75% + FYM 25%), T₄ (Poultry manure 75% + Vermicompost 25%), T₅ (Vermicompost 75% + FYM 25%), T₆ (Vermicompost 75% + Poultry manure 25%), T₇ (FYM 50% + Poultry manure 50%), T₈ (Poultry manure 50% + Vermicompost 50%) and T₉ (Vermicompost 50% + FYM 50%). Observations on growth parameters viz., vine length, days to first male flower emergence, days to first female flower emergence, node at first male and female flower emergence and yield parameters viz., number of fruit plant^-1, fruit weight (g), fruit length, fruit diameter and fruit yield of cucumber crop were recorded at harvest and nutritional trains viz., ascorbic acid, TSS, reducing, non-reducing & total sugar content in cucumber and statistically analyzed were also worked out. The study presented that different organic manure treatments significantly influenced the growth, yield and nutritional quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Maximum vine length, earliest male and female flower emergence and the highest number of nodes at first flower were observed under T₆ (Vermicompost 75% + Poultry manure 25%), followed by T₅ (Vermicompost 75% + FYM 25%) and T₄ (Poultry manure 75% + Vermicompost 25%). While, the lowest performance was noted in the T₀ (Control). The combined application of vermicompost and poultry manure T₆ (Vermicompost 75% + Poultry manure 25%) resulted in superior fruit yield attributes, viz., maximum number of fruits per plant, highest fruit weight and largest fruit length and diameter. T₅ (Vermicompost 75% + FYM 25%) and T₄ (Poultry manure 75% + Vermicompost 25%) also performed well and the lowest yield was recorded under T₀ (Control). Treatment T₆ (Vermicompost 75% + Poultry manure 25%) exhibited the highest levels of total soluble solids, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar and total sugar content, indicating better fruit quality. The T₀ (Control) and single-manure treatments had comparatively lower nutritional performance.