Claim · model-written summary
Decreasing watermelon planting density significantly increased leaf area.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse1 - Treatment
- decrease in watermelon planting densitye1
- Outcome
- leaf areae1
- Direction
- increasede1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“decrease in watermelon planting density significantly increased leaf area”
Title
Ombori, O.; Poly-Mbah, C.P.; Obiefuna, J.C.; et al. Kenyatta University Institutional Repository (Kenyatta University) 2013
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Increasing poultry manure rates significantly increased leaf area and vine length of watermelon.
- Intervention effect Different planting densities of watermelon had no significant effect on vine length.
- Recommendation Planting densities of 2.0 x 1.0 and 2.0 x 2.0 m with poultry manure at 4 t/ha are recommended for good ground vegetative cover of watermelon in south eastern Nigeria.