Abstract
ABSTRACT Plant spacing management in watermelon alters plant competition for water, light, and nutrients, influencing fruit yield, morphology, and quality. The study aimed to evaluate the spacing management between plants of two watermelon hybrids in terms of morphology and fruit yield and quality. Two watermelon hybrids (NUN 21613 and NUN 21901) and three plant spacings (0.60, 0.80 and 1.0 m with 2,5 m between rows) were studied in a randomized block design arranged in a 2 × 3 factorial scheme with five replications. Fruit firmness, the content of total soluble solids, visual, and sensorial notes at 0, 7 and 14 days after harvest, length of the main branch of the plant, fresh fruit mass, number of fruits per plant and per hectare, and fruit yield were evaluated from August to December 2018. The greater planting spacing provided better vegetative development, higher yield, and increased resistance of the watermelon fruit to deterioration after harvest. The physicochemical and sensory characteristics of the fruits were not affected by the spacing and hybrids of watermelon in this study.
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Claim · model-written summary
Greater spacing improved watermelon vegetative development.
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- watermelon
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- greater planting spacinge0
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- vegetative developmente0
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- bettere0
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e0“The greater planting spacing provided better vegetative development, higher yield, and increased resistance of the watermelon fruit to deterioration after harvest”
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Greater spacing increased watermelon yield.
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- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- greater planting spacinge0
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- yielde0
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- highere0
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e0“The greater planting spacing provided better vegetative development, higher yield, and increased resistance of the watermelon fruit to deterioration after harvest”
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Greater spacing increased watermelon fruit resistance to postharvest deterioration.
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- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
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- greater planting spacinge0
- Outcome
- resistance of the watermelon fruit to deterioration after harveste0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The greater planting spacing provided better vegetative development, higher yield, and increased resistance of the watermelon fruit to deterioration after harvest”
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Spacing and hybrids did not affect watermelon fruit physicochemical or sensory characteristics.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- spacing and hybridse0
- Outcome
- physicochemical and sensory characteristics of the fruitse0
- Direction
- not affectede0
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e0“The physicochemical and sensory characteristics of the fruits were not affected by the spacing and hybrids of watermelon in this study”
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