Abstract
Abstract BACKGROUND: The quality of melon fruit depends upon many factors that can be affected by growing conditions and post‐harvest management. The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of nitrogen fertilisation levels on the fruit quality at harvest time and during storage. Experiments were performed in an open field using melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio). The nitrogen (N) was applied through fertigation using four fertilisation levels: 0, 55, 110 and 165 kg ha −1 . After harvest the fruits were stored at 10 °C for 8 days. At harvest time the yield, flesh firmness, skin and pulp colours, content of carotenoids, total phenols, ascorbic acid (AsA) and ethylene production were measured on fruits differently fertilised. RESULTS: The total marketable fruit yield and fruit nitrogen content linearly increased with N levels. Antioxidant compounds decreased after storage but were not affected by N fertilisation levels. However, total carotenoids, total phenols, and AsA declined during storage. CONCLUSION: All the quality parameters did not appear to be affected by N level at either harvest time or after storage. Therefore it is advisable to reduce nitrogen input for cultivation without compromising quality and yields. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry
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Claim · model-written summary
Marketable melon yield increased linearly with nitrogen level.
- Taxon
- melon
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- N levelse0
- Outcome
- total marketable fruit yielde0
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- increasede0
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e0“The total marketable fruit yield and fruit nitrogen content linearly increased with N levels”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
Melon fruit nitrogen content increased linearly with nitrogen level.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- N levelse0
- Outcome
- fruit nitrogen contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The total marketable fruit yield and fruit nitrogen content linearly increased with N levels”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
Antioxidant compounds decreased after storage.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- storagee0
- Outcome
- Antioxidant compoundse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“Antioxidant compounds decreased after storage”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total carotenoids declined during storage.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- storagee0
- Outcome
- total carotenoidse0
- Direction
- declinede0
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e0“total carotenoids, total phenols, and AsA declined during storage”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total phenols declined during storage.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- storagee0
- Outcome
- total phenolse0
- Direction
- declinede0
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e0“total carotenoids, total phenols, and AsA declined during storage”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
AsA declined during storage.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- storagee0
- Outcome
- AsAe0
- Direction
- declinede0
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e0“total carotenoids, total phenols, and AsA declined during storage”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen fertilization levels did not affect antioxidant compounds or other quality parameters at harvest or after storage.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe2
- Treatment
- N fertilisation levelse0
- Outcome
- quality parameterse1
- Direction
- did not appear to be affectede1
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Verbatim
e0“Antioxidant compounds decreased after storage but were not affected by N fertilisation levels”
e1“All the quality parameters did not appear to be affected by N level at either harvest time or after storage”
e2“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors advise reducing nitrogen input for melon cultivation without compromising quality and yields.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Outcome
- reduce nitrogen input for cultivatione0
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e0“it is advisable to reduce nitrogen input for cultivation without compromising quality and yields”
e1“melon plants ( Cucumis melo L. Var. Reticulatus cv. Prodigio)”
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