Abstract
Muskmelons (Cucumis melo L.) were grown in nutrient solution to determine the salt tolerance as affected by salinization of sea water (-2.20 and -4.20 bars), NaCl and Na2SO4 (-2.20, -3.20 and -4.20 bars), and MgCl2 and MgSO4 (-1.20, -1.70 and -2.20 bars) compared with a control of -0.70 bars of base nutrient solution. Fruit fresh weight and whole plant dry weight were greatest in the control and tended to decrease in each salinity with decreasing osmotic potential of treatment solutions. At -2.20 bars fruit fresh weight was 89.9, 94.5, 81.3, 67.8 and 13.9% compared with the control in the sea water, NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 series, respectively. Growth was much greater in the sodium-than magnesium-salinity and, to a less extent, in the chloride-than in the sulfate-salinity. Fruit taste varied with the salt added to the base nutrient solution. Visible salt injury was proportional to the growth reduction. No plants died at -2.20 bars before harvest in the sodium-salinity. Most plants died in the MgCl2 series and all plants died in the MgSO4 series at -2.20 bars before harvest. Addition of single salts or sea water to the base nutrient solution tended to increase the content of the respective added ions in leaves and fruit. Ca and K in leaves were less at -2.20 bars in all salinities than in the control.
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Claims 16
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit fresh weight was greatest in the control and tended to decline with greater salinity.
- Taxon
- Muskmelons
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- each salinitye0
- Outcome
- Fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Fruit fresh weight and whole plant dry weight were greatest in the control and tended to decrease in each salinity with decreasing osmotic potential of treatment solutions”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
whole plant dry weight was greatest in the control and tended to decline with greater salinity.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- each salinitye0
- Outcome
- whole plant dry weighte0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit fresh weight and whole plant dry weight were greatest in the control and tended to decrease in each salinity with decreasing osmotic potential of treatment solutions”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
At -2.20 bars, fruit fresh weight under sea water was 89.9 of control.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- sea watere0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 89.9e0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At -2.20 bars fruit fresh weight was 89.9, 94.5, 81.3, 67.8 and 13.9% compared with the control in the sea water, NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 series, respectively”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
At -2.20 bars, fruit fresh weight under NaCl was 94.5 of control.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- NaCle0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 94.5e0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At -2.20 bars fruit fresh weight was 89.9, 94.5, 81.3, 67.8 and 13.9% compared with the control in the sea water, NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 series, respectively”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
At -2.20 bars, fruit fresh weight under Na2SO4 was 81.3 of control.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Na2SO4e0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 81.3e0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At -2.20 bars fruit fresh weight was 89.9, 94.5, 81.3, 67.8 and 13.9% compared with the control in the sea water, NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 series, respectively”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
At -2.20 bars, fruit fresh weight under MgCl2 was 67.8 of control.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- MgCl2e0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 67.8e0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At -2.20 bars fruit fresh weight was 89.9, 94.5, 81.3, 67.8 and 13.9% compared with the control in the sea water, NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 series, respectively”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
At -2.20 bars, fruit fresh weight under MgSO4 was 13.9% of control.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- MgSO4e0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- lowerinferrede0
- Value
- 13.9%e0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At -2.20 bars fruit fresh weight was 89.9, 94.5, 81.3, 67.8 and 13.9% compared with the control in the sea water, NaCl, Na2SO4, MgCl2 and MgSO4 series, respectively”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth was much greater with sodium than magnesium salinity.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- sodiume0
- Outcome
- Growthe0
- Direction
- much greatere0
- Comparator
- magnesium-salinitye0
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Verbatim
e0“Growth was much greater in the sodium-than magnesium-salinity and, to a less extent, in the chloride-than in the sulfate-salinity”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth was greater with chloride than sulfate salinity.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- chloridee0
- Outcome
- Growthe0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- sulfate-salinitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth was much greater in the sodium-than magnesium-salinity and, to a less extent, in the chloride-than in the sulfate-salinity”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit taste varied by added salt.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- salt addede0
- Outcome
- Fruit tastee0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit taste varied with the salt added to the base nutrient solution”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Visible injury was proportional to growth reduction.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Outcome
- Visible salt injurye0
- Comparator
- growth reductione0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Visible salt injury was proportional to the growth reduction”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
No muskmelon plants died at -2.20 bars in sodium salinity.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- sodium-salinitye0
- Outcome
- No plants diede0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“No plants died at -2.20 bars before harvest in the sodium-salinity”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Most plants died under MgCl2 at -2.20 bars.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- MgCl2e0
- Outcome
- Most plants diede0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Most plants died in the MgCl2 series and all plants died in the MgSO4 series at -2.20 bars before harvest”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
All plants died under MgSO4 at -2.20 bars.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- MgSO4e0
- Outcome
- all plants diede0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Most plants died in the MgCl2 series and all plants died in the MgSO4 series at -2.20 bars before harvest”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Added salts or seawater tended to raise corresponding ion contents in leaves and fruit.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- single salts or sea watere0
- Outcome
- content of the respective added ions in leaves and fruite0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- base nutrient solutione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Addition of single salts or sea water to the base nutrient solution tended to increase the content of the respective added ions in leaves and fruit”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf Ca and K were lower in all salinities than control at -2.20 bars.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- all salinitiese0
- Outcome
- Ca and K in leavese0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Qualifier
- -2.20 barse0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ca and K in leaves were less at -2.20 bars in all salinities than in the control”
t0“Muskmelons”
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