Advanced Journal of Agricultural Research ISSN: 2367-9816 Vol. 6 (1), pp. 198-205, September, 2019. © Advanced Scholars Journals

Full length Research paper

Robustness of foliar application with Moringa extracts on Cucumber.

*¹Yusuff AQ and ²Abiola IO

*^1&2Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Nigeria.

^*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 19 August, 2019.

 

Abstract 

Field performance of Moringa extracts at the rate of 5ml, 10ml, 15ml, 20ml, 25ml and 30ml was assessed on the growth and yield of cucumber using topsoil as the growing medium. The experiment was laid out on with five replicates each treatment replicates including the control. Data on vine length, number of leaves, number of branches, leaf area, days to flowering, fruit weight, fruit diameter and fruit length were collected and analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The treatment means were separated using Least Significant Differences (LSD) at 5% probability level. The results showed that there were significant differences among the treatment in the parameters assessed with treatment 25ml having the superior effect on cucumber. Therefore, treatment with 25ml performed better than the other five treatments including the control in the study area. Hence, this study recommends that Moringa extract should be applied as foliar application and could be recommended to farmers for improved yield and production of Cucumber.

Keywords: Cucumber, Moringa, CRD, ANOVA , Foliar application.