March 2020

Response of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) to differential pruning under greenhouse

Sustainable cucumber production requires optimized agronomic practices that are adaptive to changing climates as well as enhanced crop yield and fruit quality. Commercial Greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the effect of differential pruning on the growth and yield of cucumber in the Sudan Savanna of Nigeria. The treatments consisted of two hybrid cucumber varieties (Sirana F1 and Marketer) and four pruning...

Author(s): Ismail Ibrahim Garba, Fatima Zahra Buhari and Bello Kabir Samaila