The effects of different manure levels and two branch management methods on organic production of Cucurbita pepo.L

Abstract

To study the effects of different manure levels and two branch management methods on organic production of Schneider squash, an experiment was conducted at research farm of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, during years 2004-2006. A split plot arrangement based on Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications was used. Treatments consisted of four manure levels (10, 15, 20, 25 tones/ha) and two branch management methods (with and without wood pole), which were allocated to main plots and sub plots, respectively. Results showed that branch management method without wood pole was better than branch management method with wood pole. The first year results showed that increases in manure level had significant effect on fruit and seed yields (p