pruning · Yield · Cucumis melo (muskmelon)

Melons: Effects of vine pruning and nitrogen on yields and quality · 1986

• positive
  Unpruned vines gave the largest total fruit yields compared with pruned vines.

  compared with not pruned

Rate, Timing, and Slow-release Nitrogen Fertilizers on Bell Peppers and Muskmelon · 1986

• positive
  Application at thinning increased muskmelon fruit weight over preplant application in one instance.

  compared with preplant application

The Effects of Different Pruning Methods and Height of Fruit Setting on Plant Growth, Yield and Fruit Quality of Melons Grown in Greenhouses · 2000

• positive
  In the first year, top shoot pruning increased early and total yield compared with the control, although differences between treatments were not significant.

  compared with the control

• positive
  In the second year, the best yield came from top shoot pruning with two stems, 8.30 kg/m2.

  compared with the control

• no effect
  In the second year, top shoot pruning with a single stem yielded 6.92 kg/m2, about the same as the control at 6.93 kg/m2.

  compared with the control

Effects of Pruning Way and Fruit Setting Position on Muskmelon Yield in Autumn Plastics Greenhouse · 2010

• positive
  Double-vine pruning with fruit set at joint 14 gave the best yield and fruit characteristics.

Pruning Method of Melon Production in Sunny Greenhouse During Winter-spring Season · 2010

• positive
  Trellised single stem pruning increased total yield over the control.

  compared with control

• positive
  Single stem pruning without trellis matured eight days earlier than three stem pruning.

  compared with 3 stem pruning without trellising

EFFECT OF SPRAYING SOME NUTURAL COMPOUNDS AND AMINO ACIDA AS WELL AS PRUNING LATERAL BRANCHES ON GROWTH QUALITY, QUANTITY YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF CANTALOUPE UNDER TUNNELS CONDITIONS. · 2012

• positive
  No pruning gave superior vegetative growth, fruit and yield traits.

  compared with pruning lateral branches

Planting Density,Pruning and Pollination in Net Shed Test of Oriental Melon Shijitian · 2013

• positive
  Four leaf pinching with all secondary vines retained at large spacing might raise yield.

Effects of Pruning Ways on the Flowering,Fruiting,Yield and Quality of Melon · 2013

• positive
  Yields of most melon cultivars were higher with double secondary and single secondary vine pruning than with chief vine pruning.

  compared with chief vine pruning

Effects of Different Pruning Methods on Plant Growth and Yields of Thin-skin Melon · 2014

• positive
  Three-vine pruning produced the heaviest single fruit, at 510 grams.

  compared with the vertical trellis pruning,two and four-vine pruning

• positive
  Two-vine pruning gave the highest total yield of 3 500.2 kg per 667 m2.

  compared with three-vine pruning,four-vine pruning and vertical trellis pruning

Effects of Fruit Thinning and Main Stem Pruning in Melon Crops · 2019

• positive
  Because of the higher number of fruits per hectare, total crop productivity of melon plants without thinning was high.
• positive
  Leaf area, fruit mass and total productivity of melon were higher when plants were pruned at 35 DAT.

Setting of cash pruning time and giving rabbit urine to growth and results of plant melon (Cucumis melo L.) · 2019

• positive
  Fruit weight per plant was higher with shoot pruning at P1 than at P3.

  compared with P3

Pengaruh Pemupukan Dan Pemangkasan Terhadap Pertumbuhan Dan Hasil Melon (Cucumis melo L.) di Lahan Kering · 2022

• positive
  Combining fertilizing with pruning avoided melon fruit weight below 1 kg (class C fruit quality).

Evaluating Pollination and Weed Control Strategies under Mesotunnel Systems for Organic Muskmelon Production in Iowa · 2024

• positive
  Mowing appeared to minimize yield losses relative to nonmowed treatments.

  compared with nonmowed treatments