Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen fertilization levels did not affect antioxidant compounds or other quality parameters at harvest or after storage.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis meloe2 - Treatment
- N fertilisation levelse0
- Outcome
- quality parameterse1
- Direction
- did not appear to be affectede1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Antioxidant compounds decreased after storage but were not affected by N fertilisation levels”
e1“All the quality parameters did not appear to be affected by N level at either harvest time or after storage”
e2“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Title
Antonio Ferrante; Anna Spinardi; Tommaso Maggiore; et al. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2007. doi:10.1002/jsfa.3139
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Marketable melon yield increased linearly with nitrogen level.
- Intervention effect Melon fruit nitrogen content increased linearly with nitrogen level.
- Intervention effect Antioxidant compounds decreased after storage.
- Intervention effect Total carotenoids declined during storage.
- Intervention effect Total phenols declined during storage.
- Intervention effect AsA declined during storage.
- Recommendation The authors advise reducing nitrogen input for melon cultivation without compromising quality and yields.