Abstract
ABSTRACT Two greenhouse experiments were conducted under winter conditions to examine the Pretransplant Nutritional Conditioning (PNC) effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) on the growth of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) seedlings. Nutrient solutions containing 200–364 mg/l N and 36–200 mg/l P resulted in the highest shoot and root mass. The development of control (without N and P) seedlings was markedly delayed. In two field experiments, seedlings which were fertilized with various levels of N and P during the nursery stage were transplanted to the field to evaluate any influence of the nursery practices on fruit yield and quality. Commercial practices under field conditions eliminated any visible differences among PNC treatments. Nevertheless, the early yield of plots from control (N0 and P0) transplants was lower than those of all other PNC treatments. Total yield and total soluble solids (TSS) values were not affected by various PNC levels in three muskmelon cultigens.
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Claim · model-written summary
Nutrient solutions containing 200-364 mg/l N and 36-200 mg/l P resulted in the highest shoot and root mass of muskmelon seedlings.
- Taxon
- Muskmelon
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- Nutrient solutions containing 200–364 mg/l N and 36–200 mg/l Pe0
- Outcome
- shoot and root masse0
- Direction
- higheste0
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e0“Nutrient solutions containing 200–364 mg/l N and 36–200 mg/l P resulted in the highest shoot and root mass”
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Claim · model-written summary
The development of control muskmelon seedlings without N and P was markedly delayed.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- without N and Pe0
- Outcome
- developmente0
- Direction
- markedly delayede0
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e0“The development of control (without N and P) seedlings was markedly delayed”
t0“Muskmelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Commercial practices under field conditions eliminated any visible differences among PNC treatments.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- PNC treatmentse0
- Outcome
- visible differencese0
- Direction
- eliminatede0
- Setting
- field conditionse0
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e0“Commercial practices under field conditions eliminated any visible differences among PNC treatments”
t0“Muskmelon”
Claim · model-written summary
The early yield of plots from control (N0 and P0) transplants was lower than those of all other PNC treatments.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- control (N0 and P0) transplantse0
- Outcome
- early yielde0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- all other PNC treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“the early yield of plots from control (N0 and P0) transplants was lower than those of all other PNC treatments”
t0“Muskmelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Total yield and total soluble solids were not affected by various PNC levels in three muskmelon cultigens.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe0
- Material
- three muskmelon cultigense0
- Treatment
- various PNC levelse0
- Outcome
- Total yield and total soluble solids (TSS) valuese0
- Direction
- not affectede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Total yield and total soluble solids (TSS) values were not affected by various PNC levels in three muskmelon cultigens”
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