Abstract
Muskmelons (Cucumis melo L.) were grown with nutrient solutions to examine the effect of stage and duration of exposure to diluted sea water treatments at stage I (transplanting to pollination), stage II (pollination to fruit net development) and/or stage III (fruit net development to harvest) on the growth at harvest in experiment I and the growth at the end of three stages in experiment II.Experiment I Whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight tended to increase with reduced exposure to diluted sea water and to decrease with increased sea water concentrations. Fruit fresh weight increased and Cl and Na contents in leaves remained unaffected when plants grown in diluted sea water at stage I were grown in base nutrient solution at stages II and III. The shorter the duration of the treatments the lower the Cl and Na contents in leaves.Experiment II The deleterious effect of treatment solution on growth generally decreased with plant age and reduced exposure to treatment solution. The exposure to treatment solution at stage III reduced whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight, but did not affect leaf+stem+root dry weight. Saltiness in fruit increased with longer exposure. Cl and Na contents in leaves at harvest were significantly higher when exposed to treatment solution at stage III. Osmotic potential of leaves was proportional to that of the nutrient solution at each stage.As a result, early stage till pollination and fruit development stages were most sensitive to saline conditions when whole plant dry weight, and fruit fresh weight and quality of muskmelons were used as index of salt tolerance, respectively.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced exposure to diluted sea water tended to increase whole-plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight.
- Taxon
- Muskmelons
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- reduced exposure to diluted sea watere0
- Outcome
- Whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight tended to increase with reduced exposure to diluted sea water”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher sea water concentrations tended to decrease whole-plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- increased sea water concentrationse0
- Outcome
- Whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- decreasee0
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t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight tended to increase with reduced exposure to diluted sea water and to decrease with increased sea water concentrations”
Claim · model-written summary
Moving plants exposed during stage I to base solution for stages II and III increased fruit fresh weight.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- base nutrient solution at stages II and IIIe0
- Outcome
- Fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Fruit fresh weight increased and Cl and Na contents in leaves remained unaffected when plants grown in diluted sea water at stage I were grown in base nutrient solution at stages II and III”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf Cl and Na contents were unaffected after stage I sea water exposure followed by base solution.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- base nutrient solution at stages II and IIIe0
- Outcome
- Cl and Na contents in leavese0
- Direction
- remained unaffectede0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Cl and Na contents in leaves remained unaffected when plants grown in diluted sea water at stage I were grown in base nutrient solution at stages II and III”
Claim · model-written summary
Shorter saline treatment duration lowered leaf Cl and Na contents.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- duration of the treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Cl and Na contents in leavese0
- Direction
- lowere0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“The shorter the duration of the treatments the lower the Cl and Na contents in leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
The harmful effect of saline solution on growth generally declined as plants aged and exposure shortened.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- treatment solutione0
- Outcome
- deleterious effect of treatment solution on growthe0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- plant age and reduced exposuree0
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t0“Muskmelons”
e0“The deleterious effect of treatment solution on growth generally decreased with plant age and reduced exposure to treatment solution”
Claim · model-written summary
Stage III saline exposure reduced whole-plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- exposure to treatment solution at stage IIIe0
- Outcome
- whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“The exposure to treatment solution at stage III reduced whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Stage III saline exposure did not affect combined leaf, stem, and root dry weight.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- exposure to treatment solution at stage IIIe0
- Outcome
- leaf+stem+root dry weighte0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“The exposure to treatment solution at stage III reduced whole plant dry weight and fruit fresh weight, but did not affect leaf+stem+root dry weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Longer saline exposure increased fruit saltiness.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- longer exposuree0
- Outcome
- Saltiness in fruite0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Saltiness in fruit increased with longer exposure”
Claim · model-written summary
Stage III treatment significantly increased leaf Cl and Na content at harvest.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- treatment solution at stage IIIe0
- Outcome
- Cl and Na contents in leaves at harveste0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Cl and Na contents in leaves at harvest were significantly higher when exposed to treatment solution at stage III”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf osmotic potential was proportional to nutrient-solution osmotic potential at each stage.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- Osmotic potential of leavese0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“Osmotic potential of leaves was proportional to that of the nutrient solution at each stage”
Claim · model-written summary
The period until pollination was most sensitive to salinity by whole-plant dry weight.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Organ / stage
- early stage till pollinatione0
- Outcome
- whole plant dry weighte0
- Direction
- most sensitivee0
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Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“early stage till pollination and fruit development stages were most sensitive to saline conditions when whole plant dry weight, and fruit fresh weight and quality of muskmelons were used as index of salt tolerance”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit development was most sensitive to salinity by fruit fresh weight and quality.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Organ / stage
- fruit development stagese0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weight and qualitye0
- Direction
- most sensitivee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Muskmelons”
e0“early stage till pollination and fruit development stages were most sensitive to saline conditions when whole plant dry weight, and fruit fresh weight and quality of muskmelons were used as index of salt tolerance”
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