Abstract
The study was conducted in Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta in order to evaluate the performance of the growth and development of watermelon in response to change in season in Nigeria. The experimental site used for this study contained mini plots within which seeds of watermelon were planted. The dry season planting was carried out with irrigation between the period of 5 th January and 14 th March, while the wet season planting was conducted without irrigation between 29 th March and 6 th June 2013. Comparison was made between the results of plant growth parameters obtained for both seasons by using the Student t-test analysis. The growth and development parameters analysed were; number of leaves, vine length and number of internodes. The result of the analysis showed that there was significant difference in the performance of watermelon for the two seasons. The significant difference in number of leaves, vine length and number of internodes of watermelon grown in dry season significantly differed from that of wet season as the growth of watermelon in dry season was rapid and faster, while it was relatively slower during the wet season. The principal cause of this is the moisture supply which was found to be supplied frequently to plant in dry season while for wet season, rainfall was not constant and therefore, growth process was slowed down. Based on this result, it is therefore recommended that watermelon should be planted in dry season with application of irrigation and in the wet season with supplemental irrigation.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelon leaf number differed significantly between seasons, with faster dry season growth.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- dry seasone0
- Outcome
- number of leavese0
- Direction
- fastere0
- Comparator
- wet seasone0
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Verbatim
e0“number of leaves, vine length and number of internodes of watermelon grown in dry season significantly differed from that of wet season as the growth of watermelon in dry season was rapid and faster”
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelon vine length differed significantly between seasons, with faster dry season growth.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- dry seasone0
- Outcome
- vine lengthe0
- Direction
- fastere0
- Comparator
- wet seasone0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“number of leaves, vine length and number of internodes of watermelon grown in dry season significantly differed from that of wet season as the growth of watermelon in dry season was rapid and faster”
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelon internode number differed significantly between seasons, with faster dry season growth.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- dry seasone0
- Outcome
- number of internodese0
- Direction
- fastere0
- Comparator
- wet seasone0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“number of leaves, vine length and number of internodes of watermelon grown in dry season significantly differed from that of wet season as the growth of watermelon in dry season was rapid and faster”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors attribute slower wet season growth to irregular rainfall and more frequent dry season moisture supply.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- growth process was slowed downe1
- Qualifier
- rainfall was not constante1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“watermelon in dry season”
e1“The principal cause of this is the moisture supply which was found to be supplied frequently to plant in dry season while for wet season, rainfall was not constant and therefore, growth process was slowed down”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend dry season watermelon planting with irrigation.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- planted in dry season with application of irrigatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“watermelon should be planted in dry season with application of irrigation and in the wet season with supplemental irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend supplemental irrigation for wet season watermelon planting.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- in the wet season with supplemental irrigatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“watermelon should be planted in dry season with application of irrigation and in the wet season with supplemental irrigation”
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