A Critical Review on Effect of Fertilizers and Plant Densities on Growth, Yield and Yield Attributes of Cucurbitaceous Crops

Economic Analysis of Hybrid and Conventional Varieties of Bottle Gourd as Affected by Different Levels of Nitrogen and Plant Spacing

“…In case of Hybrid HBGH-35, maximum total fruit yield with 60 cm plant spacing was obtained with the application of nitrogen 87.5 kg/ha (378.0 q/ha) whereas, minimum was obtained with recommended dose i.e., 50 kg nitrogen/ha (336.3 q/ha) and the highest dose of nitrogen increased total yield by 11% over the recommended dose. Treatment T 15 produced 4.6% significantly more yield (378.0 q/ha) as compared to the Treatment T 13 (360.5 q/ha).These results are in agreement with Suresh and Pappiah (1991) in bitter gourd, Patil et al, (1996), Darajan et al, (2000), Leghari et al, (2014), Siva et al, (2017), Meena and Bhati (2017) and in bottle gourd.…”

Effect of Varying NPK 15-15-15 Fertilizer Application Rates on Growth and Yield of Cucumis melo L. (Muskmelon)

“…The review by [18] on the effects of fertilizers and densities on cucurbits, such as gourd, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and watermelon was robust. Still, there is the paucity of research information on muskmelon especially with NPK 15-15-15 fertilizer.…”

Sowing Dates and Fertilizer Application on Growth and Yield of Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) at Ado-Ekiti

“…The success of crop production enterprises depends on mineral nutrition and the use of organic and inorganic fertilizers as sources of nutrients to boost the growth and yield of cucurbits is well documented [11]. The increases in growth and yield due to the application Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are similar for all cucurbit under field conditions [12]. NPK has significantly affected the fruit weight, the number of fruits, vine length and fruit yield per hectare [13][14][15][16].…”