Claim · model-written summary
The effect of cell volume on soluble solids varied by season.
- Taxon
- Watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- transplant cell volumee0
- Outcome
- soluble solidse0
- Qualifier
- varied seasonallye0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Effect of transplant cell volume on soluble solids varied seasonally”
t0“Watermelon”
Title
Charles J. Graham; James T. Payne; Eric J. Molnar HortTechnology 2000. doi:10.21273/horttech.10.1.199
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Larger cell volume shortened time to staminate and pistillate flowering.
- Intervention effect Pretransplant nutrient conditioning shortened time to staminate and pistillate flowering.
- Intervention effect Larger cell volumes increased early harvested watermelon number in two of three studies.
- Intervention effect Larger cell volumes increased average watermelon weight in two of three studies.
- Intervention effect Larger cell volume raised early yield per area in 1995 and 1998 but not 1997.
- Intervention effect Larger cell volume raised total yield per area in 1995 and 1998 but not 1997.
- Intervention effect Conditioning increased the number of early harvested melons in 1995.
- Intervention effect Conditioning increased early yield per area in 1995.
- Intervention effect Conditioning increased soluble solids in early harvested fruit in 1997.
- Intervention effect Conditioning had no significant effect on total Jubilee watermelon size.
- Intervention effect Conditioning had no significant effect on total production during 1995, 1997 or 1998.
- Recommendation The authors judge nutrient conditioning of little advantage to transplant growers.
- Recommendation The authors favor increasing transplant cell size to improve early and total yields.