Abstract
Cantaloupe is a nutritive and popular commercial fruit crop. Soil moisture deficit could seriously jeopardize the yield and quality of cantaloupe. Salicylic acid (SA) has a proven role in sustainably mitigating environmental stresses in many plants applied through various methods. A factorial experiment consisting of six SA seed priming doses (non-primed control, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 ppm) and three soil moisture regimes (50%, 75%, and 100% field capacity [FC]) was conducted to evaluate the performance of cantaloupe in terms of growth, physiological traits, fruit yield, and quality parameters. The results revealed that severe moisture-deficit condition of 50% FC drastically reduced fruit yield (64%), water productivity (48%), total soluble solids (22%), and membrane stability index (43%), while electrolyte leakage was increased by 260% at the same soil moisture regime compared with 100% FC without any SA application. Plants grown from SA primed seeds exhibited significantly better performance in terms of seed germination traits, growth, physiological, and fruit yield parameters than non-primed plants across soil moister regimes. The performance of cantaloupe in terms of germination rate, root and shoot dry matter, fruit yield, water productivity, total soluble solids content, and membrane stability index was better at 300 ppm SA priming dose, which was statistically similar with 400 and 500 ppm SA doses in most cases. A consistent trend of better performance at 300 ppm SA dose, especially at severe soil moisture-deficit of 50% FC, was observed (48%, 59%, 54%, and 153% higher fruit yield, water productivity, membrane stability index, and net photosynthetic rate, respectively, compared with the non-primed control at the same soil moisture regime). There was almost no effect of increasing SA priming dose above 300 ppm; therefore, this could be regarded as an optimum dose for maximizing productivity and economic returns when cantaloupe is grown under soil moisture-deficit conditions.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity without SA, fruit yield fell 64% relative to 100% field capacity.
- Taxon
- cantaloupe
Cucumis melo var. cantalupot0 - Treatment
- 50% FCe0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 64%e0
- Comparator
- 100% FCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“severe moisture-deficit condition of 50% FC drastically reduced fruit yield (64%), water productivity (48%), total soluble solids (22%), and membrane stability index (43%), while electrolyte leakage was increased by 260% at the same soil moisture regime compared with 100% FC without any SA application.”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity without SA, water productivity fell 48% relative to 100% field capacity.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 50% FCe0
- Outcome
- water productivitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 48%e0
- Comparator
- 100% FCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“severe moisture-deficit condition of 50% FC drastically reduced fruit yield (64%), water productivity (48%), total soluble solids (22%), and membrane stability index (43%), while electrolyte leakage was increased by 260% at the same soil moisture regime compared with 100% FC without any SA application.”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity without SA, total soluble solids fell 22% relative to 100% field capacity.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 50% FCe0
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 22%e0
- Comparator
- 100% FCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“severe moisture-deficit condition of 50% FC drastically reduced fruit yield (64%), water productivity (48%), total soluble solids (22%), and membrane stability index (43%), while electrolyte leakage was increased by 260% at the same soil moisture regime compared with 100% FC without any SA application.”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity without SA, membrane stability index fell 43% relative to 100% field capacity.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 50% FCe0
- Outcome
- membrane stability indexe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 43%e0
- Comparator
- 100% FCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“severe moisture-deficit condition of 50% FC drastically reduced fruit yield (64%), water productivity (48%), total soluble solids (22%), and membrane stability index (43%), while electrolyte leakage was increased by 260% at the same soil moisture regime compared with 100% FC without any SA application.”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity without SA, electrolyte leakage rose 260% relative to 100% field capacity.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 50% FCe0
- Outcome
- electrolyte leakagee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 260%e0
- Comparator
- 100% FCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“severe moisture-deficit condition of 50% FC drastically reduced fruit yield (64%), water productivity (48%), total soluble solids (22%), and membrane stability index (43%), while electrolyte leakage was increased by 260% at the same soil moisture regime compared with 100% FC without any SA application.”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
SA priming significantly improved germination, growth, physiological and fruit yield parameters across moisture regimes.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- SA primed seedse0
- Outcome
- seed germination traits, growth, physiological, and fruit yield parameterse0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- non-primed plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plants grown from SA primed seeds exhibited significantly better performance in terms of seed germination traits, growth, physiological, and fruit yield parameters than non-primed plants across soil moister regimes.”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
The 300 ppm SA dose gave better germination, root and shoot dry matter, fruit yield, water productivity, soluble solids and membrane stability, with performance often similar to 400 and 500 ppm.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- 300 ppm SA priming dosee0
- Outcome
- germination rate, root and shoot dry matter, fruit yield, water productivity, total soluble solids content, and membrane stability indexe0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- 400 and 500 ppm SA dosese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The performance of cantaloupe in terms of germination rate, root and shoot dry matter, fruit yield, water productivity, total soluble solids content, and membrane stability index was better at 300 ppm SA priming dose, which was statistically similar with 400 and 500 ppm SA doses in most cases.”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity, 300 ppm SA priming raised fruit yield 48% over nonprimed control.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 300 ppm SA dosee0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 48%e0
- Qualifier
- 50% FCe0
- Comparator
- non-primed controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A consistent trend of better performance at 300 ppm SA dose, especially at severe soil moisture-deficit of 50% FC, was observed (48%, 59%, 54%, and 153% higher fruit yield, water productivity, membrane stability index, and net photosynthetic rate, respectively, compared with the non-primed control at the same soil moisture regime).”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity, 300 ppm SA priming raised water productivity 59% over nonprimed control.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 300 ppm SA dosee0
- Outcome
- water productivitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 59%e0
- Qualifier
- 50% FCe0
- Comparator
- non-primed controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A consistent trend of better performance at 300 ppm SA dose, especially at severe soil moisture-deficit of 50% FC, was observed (48%, 59%, 54%, and 153% higher fruit yield, water productivity, membrane stability index, and net photosynthetic rate, respectively, compared with the non-primed control at the same soil moisture regime).”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity, 300 ppm SA priming raised membrane stability index 54% over nonprimed control.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 300 ppm SA dosee0
- Outcome
- membrane stability indexe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 54%e0
- Qualifier
- 50% FCe0
- Comparator
- non-primed controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A consistent trend of better performance at 300 ppm SA dose, especially at severe soil moisture-deficit of 50% FC, was observed (48%, 59%, 54%, and 153% higher fruit yield, water productivity, membrane stability index, and net photosynthetic rate, respectively, compared with the non-primed control at the same soil moisture regime).”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% field capacity, 300 ppm SA priming raised net photosynthetic rate 153% over nonprimed control.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- 300 ppm SA dosee0
- Outcome
- net photosynthetic ratee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 153%e0
- Qualifier
- 50% FCe0
- Comparator
- non-primed controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A consistent trend of better performance at 300 ppm SA dose, especially at severe soil moisture-deficit of 50% FC, was observed (48%, 59%, 54%, and 153% higher fruit yield, water productivity, membrane stability index, and net photosynthetic rate, respectively, compared with the non-primed control at the same soil moisture regime).”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing SA dose above 300 ppm had almost no additional effect.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- increasing SA priming dose above 300 ppme0
- Outcome
- effecte0
- Direction
- almost no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was almost no effect of increasing SA priming dose above 300 ppm”
t0“cantaloupe”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors regard 300 ppm SA as an optimum priming dose for productivity and economic returns under moisture deficit.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- 300 ppm SA dosee1
- Outcome
- optimum dose for maximizing productivity and economic returnse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“this could be regarded as an optimum dose for maximizing productivity and economic returns when cantaloupe is grown under soil moisture-deficit conditions.”
e1“300 ppm SA dose”
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