Table 4.
Effect of Atonik on the total and marketable yield of cucumber fruit, content of dry matter, soluble solids, nitrates, phosphorus, potassium, and calcium.
| Cultivar | Total yield (kg m−2) | Mean for cultivar | Marketable yield (kg m−2) | Mean for cultivar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Atonik | Control | Atonik | |||
| Octopus F1 | 6.43 ba | 7.52 a | 6.97 b | 3.94 b | 4.76 b | 4.35 b |
| Opera F1 | 7.74 a | 7.17 a | 7.45 ab | 5.71 a | 5.20 a | 5.45 a |
| Sonate F1 | 8.35 a | 8.26 a | 8.30 a | 6.05 a | 5.95 a | 6.00 a |
| Mean for treatments | 7.51 a | 7.65 a | 5.23 a | 5.30 a | ||
| Dry matter (%) | Soluble solids (%) | |||||
| Octopus F1 | 4.22 a | 4.75 a | 4.48 a | 4.10 a | 4.20 a | 4.15 a |
| Opera F1 | 4.94 a | 4.74 a | 4.84 a | 4.10 a | 4.47 a | 4.28 a |
| Sonate F1 | 4.50 a | 5.20 a | 4.85 a | 4.13 a | 4.23 a | 4.18 a |
| Mean for treatments | 4.56 a | 4.90 a | 4.11 b | 4.30 a | ||
| Nitrates (mg 100 g−1 FW) | Phosphorus (mg 100 g−1 FW) | |||||
| Octopus F1 | 12.96 c | 13.99 b | 13.47 a | 16.14 b | 18.24 a | 17.19 a |
| Opera F1 | 13.10 b | 15.01 a | 14.05 a | 15.93 b | 17.82 b | 16.87 ab |
| Sonate F1 | 13.79 b | 13.23 b | 13.51 a | 11.81 c | 12.29 c | 12.05 c |
| Mean for treatments | 13.28 b | 14.08 a | 14.63 b | 16.11 a | ||
| Potassium (mg 100 g−1 FW) | Calcium (mg 100 g−1 FW) | |||||
| Octopus F1 | 219.84 a | 215.78 a | 217.81 a | 6.96 b | 5.77 b | 6.36 b |
| Opera F1 | 209.79 a | 209.38 a | 209.58 a | 6.03 b | 6.16 b | 6.09 b |
| Sonate F1 | 196.35 b | 198.88 b | 197.61 b | 13.67 a | 13.67 a | 13.67 a |
| Mean for treatments | 208.66 a | 208.0 a | 8.89 a | 8.53 a | ||
Presented data are mean, n = 3.
a
Data in columns followed by the same letter do not differ significantly as based on the HSD of the Tukey test at confidence level of 95%.