THE RESULTS OF EVALUATION POTENTIAL ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SOME BABY CUCUMBER VARIETIES GROWN IN COVER PLASTIC HOUSE IN NINH BINH PROVINCE

Abstract

The study was to evaluate the growth characteristics, development and yield on six baby cucumber varieties, including VS116, FS 175, VA.031, Kami 98, Kichi 207 and PD054 in cover plastic house in Ninh Binh province. The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications, in the winter - spring crop season 2023 and 2024. The results showed that, the Kichi 207 variety had the longest growth duration with 110 days from transplanting to the final harvest. This variety exhibited outstanding growth characteristics, including the largest leaf length and width respectively 23.6 cm and 29.8 cm, the tallest plant height has 220.5 cm. Kichi 207 also achieved the highest values in yield components, such as fruit length had 13.2 cm, fruit diameter had 2.2 cm, average fruit weight had 91.2 g and yield had 66.0 tons/ha, surpassing all other varieties in the study. Therefore, the Kichi 207 variety had good growth ability and higher yield than other varieties in the study, so it is recommended to use Kichi 207 variety in production in Ninh Binh province and areas with similar production conditions.