International Journal of Horticulture, 2024, Vol.14, No.4, 218-222 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 220 The mean number of fruits per plant was 5.41. The highest number of fruits per plant was observed in Majesty (6.53) and the lowest number of fruits per plant was observed in Dynasty (4.53) (Table 1). The mean fruit length per plant was 19.65 cm. The highest fruit length was observed in Bhaktapur local (23.63 cm) followed by Garima (21.14 cm) and the lowest fruit length was observed in Raja (17.62 cm). The mean fruit weight per plant was 310.67 gm. The highest fruit weight was observed in Bhaktapur local (441 gm) while the lowest fruit weight was observed in Majesty (247.5 gm). The effect of varieties on yield in terms of yield per plant and yield per plot among the studied genotypes were found to be significantly different. The mean yield per plant and yield per plot among the genotypes was observed 1.68 and 10.10 respectively. The highest value for yield per plant and yield per plot was observed in Bhaktapur local (2.60 kg and 15.65 kg) respectively while the lowest yield per plant and plot was observed in dynasty (1.34 kg and 8.09 kg) respectively. 3.2 Correlation study among yield and yield contributing characters The correlation study revealed that the yield per plot of cucumber was positively correlated and highly significant with yield per plant (1.00, p<0.001), followed by fruit weight (0.87, p<0.001), fruit length (0.80, p<0.001), plant height (0.74, p<0.001) days to flowering of female flower (0.72, p<0.001), days to flowering of male flower (0.71, p<0.001) and fruit circumference (0.67, p<0.001) (Figure 1). This indicates that the yield of cucumber can be subsequently improved with the improvement in these traits. Similar findings were reported by Bhaiya et al. (2020) in days to flowering of male and female flowers. Nandi et al. (2019) also reported a positive correlation of fruit weight and fruit length with yield. Moreover, the number of fruits per plant was found to be positively but weakly correlated (0.52, p<0.05) with yield per plot while the total number of harvests was found to be non-significant. The total number of harvests was found to be non-significant for all other traits signaling that no other traits, including crop yield, can be improved by changing TNOH. Figure 1 Correlation between various yield parameters Note: FC= Fruit Circumference, FF= Days to flowering of female flowers, FL= Fruit length, FW= Fruit weight, PH= Plant height, MF= Days to flowering of male flowers, NFPP= Number of fruits per plant, TNOH= Total number of harvest, YPPNT= Yield per plant, YPP= Yield per plot
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