Abstract
Total fruit yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] in Florida field tests was unaffected by transplant age (3, 4, or 5 weeks from seeding) or modular cell size (18.8, 30.7, or 60.5 cm 3 ), but was affected by trial year. A further study revealed that early and total fruit yields at two field sites were unaffected by transplant age, ranging from 3 to 13 weeks, when grown in the same modular cell size (34 cm 3 ), but were affected by field trial site. We conclude that transplant age or modular cell size is of little importance relative to post-transplanting conditions (site or year) in influencing watermelon fruit yield.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Total watermelon yield was unaffected by transplant age of 3, 4 or 5 weeks.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- transplant age (3, 4, or 5 weeks from seeding)e0
- Outcome
- Total fruit yielde0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
- Setting
- Florida field testse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total fruit yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] in Florida field tests was unaffected by transplant age (3, 4, or 5 weeks from seeding)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total watermelon yield was unaffected by modular cell size.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- modular cell size (18.8, 30.7, or 60.5 cm 3 )e0
- Outcome
- Total fruit yielde0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total fruit yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] in Florida field tests was unaffected by transplant age (3, 4, or 5 weeks from seeding) or modular cell size (18.8, 30.7, or 60.5 cm 3 )”
Claim · model-written summary
Total watermelon yield differed by trial year.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- Total fruit yielde0
- Setting
- trial yeare0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total fruit yield of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] in Florida field tests was unaffected by transplant age (3, 4, or 5 weeks from seeding) or modular cell size (18.8, 30.7, or 60.5 cm 3 ), but was affected by trial year”
Claim · model-written summary
Early and total fruit yields were unaffected by transplant age from 3 to 13 weeks at two field sites.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- transplant age, ranging from 3 to 13 weekse0
- Outcome
- early and total fruit yieldse0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
- Setting
- two field sitese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“early and total fruit yields at two field sites were unaffected by transplant age, ranging from 3 to 13 weeks”
e1“watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai]”
Claim · model-written summary
Early and total fruit yields differed by field trial site.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Outcome
- early and total fruit yieldse0
- Setting
- field trial sitee0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“early and total fruit yields at two field sites were unaffected by transplant age, ranging from 3 to 13 weeks, when grown in the same modular cell size (34 cm 3 ), but were affected by field trial site”
e1“watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai]”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplant age and modular cell size were judged less important to watermelon yield than post-transplanting site or year.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- transplant age or modular cell size is of little importancee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“transplant age or modular cell size is of little importance relative to post-transplanting conditions (site or year) in influencing watermelon fruit yield”
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