FERREIRA, A. P. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1421137172836079; FERREIRA, Ana Paula de Souza.
Resumo:
In order for planting plants to produce good quality, it is necessary to adapt substrates at the
time of planting. That is why it is important to verify the best or best composition that the
plant needs for a development, increasing its value and quality. In this sense, the objective of
this work was to evaluate the initial development of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in
different substrates under greenhouse conditions. The experiment was conducted in the
greenhouse of the Laboratory of Ecology and Botany (CDSA / UFCG), in different substrates
using the cultivar Cucumber Marketmore 76. The experimental design was completely
randomized, with five treatments and four replicates of 25 seeds. The substrates studied were:
sand (T1); sheep manure (T2); earth (T3); sand + soil + manure (T4) and sand + soil (T5),
where the physiological quality of the seeds was evaluated. According to the results obtained,
it was found that the substrates influenced the emergence, the rate of emergence, the seedling
length and the dry mass of the seedlings of (Cucumis sativus L.), but the substrate composed
of sand + soil + Sheep manure (T4) was considered the most efficient for emergence of seeds,
for emergence speed index, seedling length and dry mass of cucumber seedlings (Cucumis
sativus L.) providing the best results in all evaluated parameters In this job.