Abstract:
The Experiment was conducted at the experimental field of the crop and soil science
Department of Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial
Development formerly University of Education Winneba, Mampong –Ashanti. From
October to December 2021 to determine the effects of different staking methods on the
vegetative growth and yield of cucumber. Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD)
was used with four treatments and three replications. The treatments were No staking,
String staking, Anchor staking and Single staking. The Parameters were plant height,
plant girth, number of leaves, fruit diameter, fruit length, number of fruit per plant, day
to 50% flower. Data collected was analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and
The treatment means separated with the Least significant difference (Lsd) at 5% level of
probability. The findings indicate that, although staked cucumber performed better than
the non-staked cucumber, however, among the three staking methods (Anchor, String,
and Single staking), String staking performed best on both vegetative and yield
performance of cucumber followed by Single staking and Anchor staking recording low
on both vegetative and yield performance of cucumber. It is therefore recommended that
farmers should adopt the string staking.
Description:
A DISSERTATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES
EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE
(CROP SCIENCE) IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION,
WINNEBA
