Economic efficiency of different systems of cultivation of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under rainfed conditions in Right-Bank of Forest- Steppe zone in Ukraine

Abstract

It is determined that crop cultivation systems (continuous culture and its interruption by crop rotation links with different fertilizer backgrounds) influence the productivity and economic efficiency of tomato and cucumber cultivation under rainfed conditions in Right-Bank of Forest-Steppe zone in Ukraine. Reported calculations show the increased level of profitability of the continuous crop growing in case of interruption by annual crop rotation link against the background of mineral nutrition, but additional organic fertilizers allow to get more profit per unit area.

Keywords

• tomato
• cucumber
• continuous crop growing
• crop rotation
• fertilizer system
• productivity
• profitability