Abstract
Watermelon vines and foliage are often damaged or restricted by mechanical operations, diseases, and insects. There is little information to indicate the optimal ratio of plant foliage to fruit. Most watermelon fruits are produced near the plant crown, and thus some farmers believe that extensive foliage is nonessential for fruit production. Experiments have been conducted with watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus (cvs. Sangria, Crimson Trio, and Scarlet Trio)] in Oklahoma to determine the relationship between soil surface area covered by foliage (foliar area) and fruit yield. Watermelon plants were planted on 4-m row centers, and were either pruned to allow a foliar area that was 1, 2, 3, or 4 m wide, or were physically confined to the same foliar area by redirecting the branch tips back into the row toward the base of the plant. There was a linear increase in yield as foliar area increased with both `Sangria' and `Scarlet Trio', but not necessarily with `Crimson Trio'. Within a given foliar area, pruning the foliage and confining the foliage to a similar area produced similar effects on fruit yield. A second experiment was conducted to determine the effect on plant yield when the vines were physically moved, as occurred with the confined area treatments. In this study, physically moving the vines did not reduce yield as compared to vines that were not moved.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Sangria yield rose linearly as foliar area increased.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse1 - Material
- Sangriae0
- Organ / stage
- foliar areae0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a linear increase in yield as foliar area increased with both `Sangria' and `Scarlet Trio', but not necessarily with `Crimson Trio'.”
e1“watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus”
Claim · model-written summary
Scarlet Trio yield rose linearly as foliar area increased.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Material
- Scarlet Trioe0
- Organ / stage
- foliar areae0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a linear increase in yield as foliar area increased with both `Sangria' and `Scarlet Trio', but not necessarily with `Crimson Trio'.”
e1“watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus”
Claim · model-written summary
Crimson Trio did not necessarily show a linear yield increase with foliar area.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Material
- Crimson Trioe0
- Organ / stage
- foliar areae0
- Outcome
- yielde0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a linear increase in yield as foliar area increased with both `Sangria' and `Scarlet Trio', but not necessarily with `Crimson Trio'.”
e1“watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning and confining foliage to the same area had similar fruit-yield effects.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- pruning the foliagee0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- similar effectse0
- Comparator
- confining the foliage to a similar areae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Within a given foliar area, pruning the foliage and confining the foliage to a similar area produced similar effects on fruit yield.”
e1“watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus”
Claim · model-written summary
Moving vines did not reduce yield relative to unmoved vines.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- physically moving the vinese0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- did not reducee0
- Comparator
- vines that were not movede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“physically moving the vines did not reduce yield as compared to vines that were not moved.”
e1“watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus”
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