Abstract
A field experiment was carried out in Central Italy on growing melon (Cucumis melo L.) after barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Three different systems of cover crop termination (green manure, roller crimper and fallow, as control) were combined with three doses of compost (0, 15 and 30 t ha-1 d.m.) in a strip plot design. The main objective of the research was to evaluate their effects on organic melon production and on short and long term soil nitrogen (N) fertility. Marketable yield and quality and soil N availability along the melon cycle were determined and a simplified N budget calculated. Green manure (GM) treatment showed the highest total and marketable yield, followed by fallow (FA), while roller crimper (RC) was characterized by a significant lower yield respect to the other two treatments (45% and 62% of the marketable yield of GM and FA, respectively). On the other side, long term soil N fertility of GM and FA were characterized by N deficit unless combined with compost application at the dose of 15 t ha-1 d.m.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Green manure gave the highest total and marketable melon yield, followed by fallow.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- Green manure (GM)e0
- Outcome
- total and marketable yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- fallow (FA)e0
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Verbatim
e0“Green manure (GM) treatment showed the highest total and marketable yield, followed by fallow (FA)”
t0“MELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Roller crimper marketable yield was 45% of green manure yield.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- roller crimper (RC)e0
- Outcome
- marketable yielde0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 45%e0
- Comparator
- GMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“roller crimper (RC) was characterized by a significant lower yield respect to the other two treatments (45% and 62% of the marketable yield of GM and FA, respectively).”
t0“MELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Roller crimper marketable yield was 62% of fallow yield.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- roller crimper (RC)e0
- Outcome
- marketable yielde0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 62%e0
- Comparator
- FAe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“roller crimper (RC) was characterized by a significant lower yield respect to the other two treatments (45% and 62% of the marketable yield of GM and FA, respectively).”
t0“MELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Green manure led to a long-term soil nitrogen deficit without sufficient compost.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- GMe0
- Outcome
- soil N fertilitye0
- Direction
- N deficite0
- Comparator
- compost application at the dose of 15 t ha-1 d.m.e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“long term soil N fertility of GM and FA were characterized by N deficit unless combined with compost application at the dose of 15 t ha-1 d.m.”
t0“MELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Fallow led to a long-term soil nitrogen deficit without sufficient compost.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- FAe0
- Outcome
- soil N fertilitye0
- Direction
- N deficite0
- Comparator
- compost application at the dose of 15 t ha-1 d.m.e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“long term soil N fertility of GM and FA were characterized by N deficit unless combined with compost application at the dose of 15 t ha-1 d.m.”
t0“MELON”
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