Abstract
The present investigation entitled “Standardization of crop geometry, fruit thinning and nutrient management in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)” was carried during 2020-21 in the farmer‘s field at Nahat Chapani village, Teok, in the district of Jorhat. The experiment was laid out in three factorial Randomized Block Design comprising thirty-six treatment combinations in three replications. The treatment details for all the three factors, viz., Planting Density (D), Fruit thinning (F) and Integrated Nutrient Management (N) are as follows: Planting Density (D) [D 1: 2.50 m x 2.00 m (Recommended spacing), D 2: 1.50 m x 1.00 m, D 3: 1.00 m x 1.00 m]; Fruit thinning (F) [F 1: No fruit thinning, F 2: Fruit thinning (keeping 1 fruit per primary branch), F 3: Fruit thinning (keeping 2 fruit per primary branch)], Integrated Nutrient Management (N) [N 1: 100% RDF (inorganic) (60: 40: 60 kg NPK/ha), N 2: 50% RDF + 50% RDN through FYM, N 3: 50% RDF + 50% RDN through Vermicompost, N 4: 50% RDF + 25% RDN through FYM + 25% RDN through Vermicompost, (RDF-Recommended Dose of Fertilizers -60:40:60 kg of N, P2O5, K2O per ha, respectively)]. The results of the experiment revealed that wider spacing and fruit thinning had positive impact on growth yield and quality of the Watermelon plants. Fruit thinning level F2 (Fruit thinning leaving 1 fruit per primary branch) is found to be best in terms of growth of watermelon. Integrated nutrient management improved the growth, yield and quality of fruits as well as soil properties. Among the levels, N3 (50% RDF + 50% RDN through Vermicompost) was found to be the best.
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Claim · model-written summary
Wider spacing had a positive impact on growth, yield and quality of watermelon.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- wider spacinge1
- Outcome
- growth yield and qualitye1
- Direction
- increaseinferrede1
- Setting
- Nahat Chapani village, Teoke2
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t0“watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)”
e1“wider spacing and fruit thinning had positive impact on growth yield and quality”
e2“Nahat Chapani village, Teok”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit thinning had a positive impact on growth, yield and quality of watermelon.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- fruit thinninge1
- Outcome
- growth yield and qualitye1
- Direction
- increaseinferrede1
- Setting
- Nahat Chapani village, Teoke2
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t0“watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)”
e1“wider spacing and fruit thinning had positive impact on growth yield and quality”
e2“Nahat Chapani village, Teok”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit thinning leaving 1 fruit per primary branch (F2) was found best for watermelon growth.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse3
- Treatment
- Fruit thinning leaving 1 fruit per primary branche3
- Outcome
- growthe3
- Direction
- beste3
- Setting
- Nahat Chapani village, Teoke2
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e3“Fruit thinning level F2 (Fruit thinning leaving 1 fruit per primary branch) is found to be best in terms of growth of watermelon”
e2“Nahat Chapani village, Teok”
Claim · model-written summary
Integrated nutrient management improved growth, yield and quality of watermelon fruits.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Integrated nutrient managemente4
- Outcome
- growth, yield and quality of fruitse4
- Direction
- improvede4
- Setting
- Nahat Chapani village, Teoke2
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t0“watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)”
e4“Integrated nutrient management improved the growth, yield and quality of fruits as well as soil properties”
e2“Nahat Chapani village, Teok”
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Integrated nutrient management improved soil properties in watermelon fields.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Integrated nutrient managemente4
- Outcome
- soil propertiese4
- Direction
- improvede4
- Setting
- Nahat Chapani village, Teoke2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)”
e4“Integrated nutrient management improved the growth, yield and quality of fruits as well as soil properties”
e2“Nahat Chapani village, Teok”
Claim · model-written summary
N3 (50% RDF + 50% RDN through Vermicompost) was found to be the best nutrient level.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- N3 (50% RDF + 50% RDN through Vermicompost)e5
- Outcome
- the beste5
- Direction
- beste5
- Comparator
- Among the levelse5
- Setting
- Nahat Chapani village, Teoke2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)”
e5“Among the levels, N3 (50% RDF + 50% RDN through Vermicompost) was found to be the best”
e2“Nahat Chapani village, Teok”
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