. 2006. Response of cucumber to timing of fertilizer application in southwest Nigeria. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86: 1391-1394. A field trial was conducted at the experimental farm of the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, to determine the growth and yield response of cucumber (cv. Poinsett) to timing of fertilizer application. Fertilizer (20:10:10), at the rate of 150 kg N ha -1 , was applied at: planting, 3 weeks after planting (WAP) and 6 WAP. Similarly, split applications were given at planting + 3 WAP, at planting + 6 WAP and at 3 WAP + 6 WAP. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with seven treatments (six fertilizer application treatments plus a non fertilizer control) and four replications. Means were separated using Duncan's Multiple Range Test at the 5% level of significance. In general, plants that were fertilized performed better than control plants in terms of vegetative growth and yield. A split application at 3 WAP + 6 WAP performed the best in terms of vegetative growth and fruit yield. Fertilizer applied once-over at 6 WAP was the least beneficial; application of fertilizer once-over at planting, or a split application at planting + 3 WAP, resulted in a high level of vegetative growth but lower fruit yield compared with the split application at 3 WAP + 6 WAP. L'application fractionnée trois et six semaines après la plantation donne les meilleurs résultats tant pour la croissance que pour le nombre de fruits. L'application d'engrais une seule fois six semaines après la plantation s'avère la moins bénéfique; l'application unique à la plantation ou l'application fractionnée à la plantation et trois semaines plus tard donnent la meilleure croissance mais pas autant de fruits que l'application fractionnée trois et six semaines après la plantation.
Ginger is grown majorly in the derived savannah of Nigeria for its potential health benefits, this health related usefulness of ginger have also stimulated farmers concern for the growing of the plant having realized its efficacy in life changing ailments as a result of this the availability of the propagule for planting became so scarce and not within the reach of farmers. Its cultivation has recently been introduced to the South western Nigeria. A field trial was carried out at the National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan (Nigeria) to study the influence of propagule size and organic manure on the vegetative growth and rhizome yield of ginger in the rainy season of 2008. Propagule size had significant effect on plant height and number of tillers. 10g propagule size of 28.2 was highest while the organic manure control was the least for all the vegetative parameters considered. As the rate of organic manure increases, there was an increase in all the vegetative parameters reaching its peak at 15t/ha and decreased again at 20t/ha. The interaction between the propagule size and organic manure was significant for the number of rhizomes, number of tillers and the yield. 10g propagule size and 15t/ha organic manure produced optimum growth and yield of ginger.
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