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ArticlePlant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)2026

Impact of Soilless Growing Media on Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Root-Knot Nematode Incidence of Cucumber Under Protected Cultivation.

S K Acharya, G S Patel, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Anand Sahil, Prashant Kaushik, N K Meena, Prakash Mahala, Ali Khadivi

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Article in Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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S K AcharyaCollege of Horticulture Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University Mehsana Gujarat India.
G S PatelCollege of Horticulture Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University Mehsana Gujarat India.
Lalu Prasad YadavICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture (CIAH) Bikaner Rajasthan India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0932-5990
Anand SahilICAR-Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CIAH RS) Godhra Gujarat India.
Prashant KaushikChaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Hisar Haryana India.
N K MeenaCollege of Horticulture and Forestry Agriculture University, Kota (AU) Jhalawar Rajasthan India.
Prakash MahalaRegional Research Station Punjab Agricultural University Abohar India.
Ali KhadiviDepartment of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources Arak University Arak Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-445X

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Abstract

Soilless cultivation has emerged as an effective approach for improving cucumber productivity under protected cultivation by enhancing root-zone conditions and minimizing soil-borne constraints. However, the performance of different growing media combinations remains insufficiently understood. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of different growing media on cucumber growth, yield, fruit quality, and root-knot nematode incidence under protected cultivation. A completely randomized design (CRD) experiment was conducted with 13 different growing media treatments, including soil, perlite, vermiculite, cocopeat, sand, and their combinations. According to the findings, the Vermiculite + Cocopeat in the ratio of 1:1 (T9) combination reduced root-knot nematode infection while dramatically increasing vine length, fruit set, fruit retention, fruit yield (28.05 kg/m

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cocopeatCucumis sativussoilless culturesustainable horticulturevermiculite

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