Abstract
Abstract Dry weight of watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai] transplants grown in flats containing 39.5-cm 3 cells were three times greater than when grown in 18.8-cm 3 cells. Early vine growth was more advanced from transplanted than from direct-seeded plants and from transplants grown in the larger cells. Also, late and total tonnage yields were higher with transplanted than direct-seeded vines and with 39.5 rather than 18.8 cm 3 cells for ‘Charleston Gray’, but not ‘Crimson Sweet’ transplanted watermelons. Cell size did not influence number of fruits, but more fruits were produced with transplanted than direct-seeded vines of both cultivars.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelon transplants from 39.5-cm 3 cells had three times the dry weight of those from 18.8-cm 3 cells.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- 39.5-cm 3 cellse0
- Outcome
- Dry weighte0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- three timese0
- Comparator
- 18.8-cm 3 cellse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dry weight of watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai] transplants grown in flats containing 39.5-cm 3 cells were three times greater than when grown in 18.8-cm 3 cells”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanted watermelon had more advanced early vine growth than direct-seeded watermelon.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- transplantede0
- Outcome
- Early vine growthe0
- Direction
- more advancede0
- Comparator
- direct-seeded plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Early vine growth was more advanced from transplanted than from direct-seeded plants”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Larger seedling cells advanced early vine growth.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- larger cellse0
- Outcome
- Early vine growthe0
- Direction
- more advancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Early vine growth was more advanced from transplanted than from direct-seeded plants and from transplants grown in the larger cells”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanting increased late and total tonnage yield relative to direct seeding for Charleston Gray.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- ‘Charleston Gray’e0
- Treatment
- transplantede0
- Outcome
- late and total tonnage yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- direct-seeded vinese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“late and total tonnage yields were higher with transplanted than direct-seeded vines and with 39.5 rather than 18.8 cm 3 cells for ‘Charleston Gray’”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Larger cells increased late and total tonnage yield for Charleston Gray transplants.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- ‘Charleston Gray’e0
- Treatment
- 39.5e0
- Outcome
- late and total tonnage yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- 18.8 cm 3 cellse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“late and total tonnage yields were higher with transplanted than direct-seeded vines and with 39.5 rather than 18.8 cm 3 cells for ‘Charleston Gray’”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
The late and total yield benefit did not hold for Crimson Sweet transplants.
- Taxon
- watermelonsCitrullus lanatuse0
- Material
- ‘Crimson Sweet’e0
- Outcome
- not ‘Crimson Sweet’ transplanted watermelonse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“but not ‘Crimson Sweet’ transplanted watermelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Cell size did not influence watermelon fruit count.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Cell sizee0
- Outcome
- number of fruitse0
- Direction
- did not influencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cell size did not influence number of fruits”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanting increased fruit count over direct seeding in both cultivars.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- transplantede0
- Outcome
- fruitse0
- Direction
- moree0
- Qualifier
- both cultivarse0
- Comparator
- direct-seeded vinese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“more fruits were produced with transplanted than direct-seeded vines of both cultivars”
t0“Watermelon”
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