Abstract
A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality. Transplanting vs. direct seeding enhanced early vine growth with earlier yields, although direct seeding later caught up resulting in comparable final cumulative yields. Black polyethylene mulch also improved earliness but at the loser irrigation rate total yields were reduced due to deflection of rainfall by the mulch. Irrigation at .1, .3, .5, .7 and .9 times pan evaporation had little effect on final cumulative yields with exception to the .1 and .3 rates. Melon sugar content was highest for transplants with direct seeded melons becoming comparable only at mid to final harvest. The combined practices of transplanting and black polyethylene mulch resulted in a 14 day earliness advantage over the treatments that were direct seeded on bare soil although final yields were unaffected. No appreciable increase in soil salinity were found as a result of drip irrigation usage.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanting enhanced early vine growth of cantaloupe compared with direct seeding.
- Taxon
- cantaloupe
Cucumis melo var. cantalupoe1 - Treatment
- Transplantinge2
- Outcome
- early vine growthe2
- Direction
- enhancede2
- Comparator
- direct seedinge2
- Setting
- south Texase1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e2“Transplanting vs. direct seeding enhanced early vine growth with earlier yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanting gave earlier cantaloupe yields than direct seeding.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- Transplantinge2
- Outcome
- yieldse2
- Direction
- earliere2
- Comparator
- direct seedinge2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e2“Transplanting vs. direct seeding enhanced early vine growth with earlier yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Direct-seeded cantaloupe caught up with transplants, giving comparable final cumulative yields.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- direct seedinge3
- Outcome
- final cumulative yieldse3
- Direction
- comparablee3
- Comparator
- Transplantinge2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e2“Transplanting vs. direct seeding enhanced early vine growth with earlier yields”
e3“direct seeding later caught up resulting in comparable final cumulative yields”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene mulch improved earliness of cantaloupe.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- Black polyethylene mulche4
- Outcome
- earlinesse4
- Direction
- improvede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e4“Black polyethylene mulch also improved earliness”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene mulch reduced total cantaloupe yields at the lower irrigation rate, because the mulch deflected rainfall.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- Black polyethylene mulche5
- Outcome
- total yieldse5
- Direction
- reducede5
- Qualifier
- due to deflection of rainfall by the mulche5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e5“Black polyethylene mulch also improved earliness but at the loser irrigation rate total yields were reduced due to deflection of rainfall by the mulch”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation at .5, .7 and .9 times pan evaporation had little effect on final cumulative cantaloupe yields.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- .5, .7 and .9 times pan evaporatione6
- Outcome
- final cumulative yieldse6
- Direction
- little effecte6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e6“Irrigation at .1, .3, .5, .7 and .9 times pan evaporation had little effect on final cumulative yields with exception to the .1 and .3 rates”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation at .1 and .3 times pan evaporation reduced final cumulative cantaloupe yields.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- .1 and .3 ratese6
- Outcome
- final cumulative yieldse6
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e6“Irrigation at .1, .3, .5, .7 and .9 times pan evaporation had little effect on final cumulative yields with exception to the .1 and .3 rates”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplants had the highest melon sugar content.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- transplantse7
- Outcome
- Melon sugar contente7
- Direction
- higheste7
- Comparator
- direct seeded melonse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e7“Melon sugar content was highest for transplants”
e3“direct seeded melons becoming comparable only at mid to final harvest”
Claim · model-written summary
Direct-seeded melon sugar content became comparable to transplants only at mid to final harvest.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- direct seeded melonse3
- Outcome
- Melon sugar contente7
- Direction
- comparablee3
- Qualifier
- only at mid to final harveste3
- Comparator
- transplantse7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e7“Melon sugar content was highest for transplants”
e3“direct seeded melons becoming comparable only at mid to final harvest”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined transplanting and black polyethylene mulch gave cantaloupe a 14-day earliness advantage over direct seeding on bare soil.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- combined practices of transplanting and black polyethylene mulche3
- Outcome
- earlinesse3
- Direction
- advantagee3
- Value
- 14 daye3
- Comparator
- direct seeded on bare soile3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e3“The combined practices of transplanting and black polyethylene mulch resulted in a 14 day earliness advantage over the treatments that were direct seeded on bare soil although final yields were unaffected”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined transplanting and black polyethylene mulch did not change final cantaloupe yield relative to direct seeding on bare soil.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- combined practices of transplanting and black polyethylene mulche3
- Outcome
- final yieldse3
- Direction
- unaffectede3
- Comparator
- direct seeded on bare soile3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e3“The combined practices of transplanting and black polyethylene mulch resulted in a 14 day earliness advantage over the treatments that were direct seeded on bare soil although final yields were unaffected”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation caused no appreciable increase in soil salinity under cantaloupe.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe1
- Treatment
- drip irrigation usagee3
- Outcome
- soil salinitye3
- Direction
- No appreciable increasee3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“A field study was conducted in south Texas in the spring 1990 to determine the effects of ground cover, planting method and drip irrigation rates on cantaloupe growth, yield and quality”
e3“No appreciable increase in soil salinity were found as a result of drip irrigation usage”
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