Abstract
To explore the effects of different intercropping species on growth, nutrition absorption, and fruit quality of oriental melon, we examined plant height, stem diameter, root activity, contents of mineral elements (N, P, K, Ca and Mg), and fruit quality and yield of oriental melon under the oriental melon monoculture (MM), intercropping of fennel/oriental melon (FM), tillered-onion/oriental melon (TM), or wormwood/oriental melon (WM). Results showed that plant height of intercropping treatments was significantly higher than that of the monoculture over time. The stem diameter of the FM and TM treatments was significantly higher than that of the MM treatment, while there was no significant difference between the WM and MM treatments. At the stretch tendril stage, fruit setting stage, and fruit expanding stage, root activity of FM treatment was significantly higher than that of MM and TM treatments. The mine-ral elements contents of oriental melon plants in three intercropping treatments were higher than that in MM treatment in different degrees, with the mine-ral elements contents of FM treatment being higher than that of TM and WM treatments. The single fruit weights of FM and TM treatments did not differ from the MM treatment. The fruit quality indices of FM treatment were not lower than MM treatment, while some fruit quality indices (including the contents of glucose, fructose, and sucrose) of WM and TM treatments were lower than that under MM treatment. In summary, fennel was a suitable species for intercropping with the oriental melon.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping raised oriental melon plant height over time relative to monoculture.
- Taxon
- oriental melon
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- intercropping treatmentse0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- over timee0
- Comparator
- monoculturee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Results showed that plant height of intercropping treatments was significantly higher than that of the monoculture over time.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Fennel intercropping raised melon stem diameter relative to monoculture.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The stem diameter of the FM and TM treatments was significantly higher than that of the MM treatment”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillered onion intercropping raised melon stem diameter relative to monoculture.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The stem diameter of the FM and TM treatments was significantly higher than that of the MM treatment”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Wormwood intercropping did not significantly change stem diameter relative to monoculture.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- WMe0
- Outcome
- stem diametere1
- Direction
- no significant differencee0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“there was no significant difference between the WM and MM treatments.”
t0“oriental melon”
e1“The stem diameter of the FM and TM treatments was significantly higher than that of the MM treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Fennel intercropping raised melon root activity relative to monoculture at three fruit development stages.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Organ / stage
- stretch tendril stage, fruit setting stage, and fruit expanding stagee0
- Treatment
- FMe0
- Outcome
- root activitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At the stretch tendril stage, fruit setting stage, and fruit expanding stage, root activity of FM treatment was significantly higher than that of MM and TM treatments.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Fennel intercropping raised melon root activity relative to tillered onion intercropping.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At the stretch tendril stage, fruit setting stage, and fruit expanding stage, root activity of FM treatment was significantly higher than that of MM and TM treatments.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral element contents of melon plants were higher under fennel intercropping than monoculture.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis meloe0
- Treatment
- intercropping treatmentse0
- Outcome
- mine-ral elements contentse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The mine-ral elements contents of oriental melon plants in three intercropping treatments were higher than that in MM treatment in different degrees”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral element contents under fennel intercropping exceeded those under tillered onion and wormwood intercropping.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- FMe0
- Outcome
- mine-ral elements contentse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- TM and WM treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the mine-ral elements contents of FM treatment being higher than that of TM and WM treatments.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Single fruit weight under fennel intercropping did not differ from monoculture.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- FMe0
- Outcome
- single fruit weightse0
- Direction
- did not differe0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The single fruit weights of FM and TM treatments did not differ from the MM treatment.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Single fruit weight under tillered onion intercropping did not differ from monoculture.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- TMe0
- Outcome
- single fruit weightse0
- Direction
- did not differe0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The single fruit weights of FM and TM treatments did not differ from the MM treatment.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Fennel intercropping did not lower fruit quality indices relative to monoculture.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- FMe0
- Outcome
- fruit quality indicese0
- Direction
- not lowere0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The fruit quality indices of FM treatment were not lower than MM treatment”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Wormwood intercropping lowered some fruit quality indices, including glucose, fructose and sucrose contents.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- WMe0
- Outcome
- contents of glucose, fructose, and sucrosee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“some fruit quality indices (including the contents of glucose, fructose, and sucrose) of WM and TM treatments were lower than that under MM treatment.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillered onion intercropping lowered some fruit quality indices, including glucose, fructose and sucrose contents.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- TMe0
- Outcome
- contents of glucose, fructose, and sucrosee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- MMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“some fruit quality indices (including the contents of glucose, fructose, and sucrose) of WM and TM treatments were lower than that under MM treatment.”
t0“oriental melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend fennel for intercropping with oriental melon.
- Taxon
- oriental melonCucumis meloe0
- Outcome
- fennel was a suitable species for intercroppinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In summary, fennel was a suitable species for intercropping with the oriental melon.”
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