Abstract
The muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) cultivars Topmark, Galia, No. 1, and BG-84-3 (BG) were examined in a field test for the influence of increased salt concentration (700, 2500, 5000, 7500, and 10,000 ppm) on flower production, vegetative growth, yield, and fruit quality. Increased salinity did not affect the number or timing of staminate and pistillate flowers produced. Increased salinity significantly and to the same extent reduced vegetative growth in the four cultivars. Increased salinity did not affect the number of fruit produced in the four cultivars but reduced mean fruit weight in three. Mean fruit weight and yield of `BG' were not reduced; i.e., `BG' was salt tolerant. Increased salinity increased the soluble solids concentration and slightly improved fruit appearance of all cultivars.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Increased salinity did not change number or timing of staminate and pistillate flowers.
- Taxon
- Muskmelons
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- Increased salinitye0
- Outcome
- number or timing of staminate and pistillate flowerse0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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Verbatim
e0“Increased salinity did not affect the number or timing of staminate and pistillate flowers produced”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased salinity significantly reduced vegetative growth equally in four cultivars.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Increased salinitye0
- Outcome
- vegetative growthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- to the same extente0
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Verbatim
e0“Increased salinity significantly and to the same extent reduced vegetative growth in the four cultivars”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased salinity did not affect fruit number in four cultivars.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Increased salinitye0
- Outcome
- number of fruit producede0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increased salinity did not affect the number of fruit produced in the four cultivars”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased salinity reduced mean fruit weight in three cultivars.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Increased salinitye0
- Outcome
- mean fruit weighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- threee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increased salinity did not affect the number of fruit produced in the four cultivars but reduced mean fruit weight in three”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
BG maintained mean fruit weight and yield under salinity.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Material
- BGe0
- Treatment
- Saline Conditionst0
- Outcome
- Mean fruit weight and yielde0
- Direction
- not reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mean fruit weight and yield of `BG' were not reduced; i.e., `BG' was salt tolerant”
t0“Muskmelons under Saline Conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased salinity raised soluble solids concentration.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Increased salinitye0
- Outcome
- soluble solids concentratione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increased salinity increased the soluble solids concentration and slightly improved fruit appearance of all cultivars”
t0“Muskmelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased salinity slightly improved fruit appearance.
- Taxon
- MuskmelonsCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Increased salinitye0
- Outcome
- fruit appearancee0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- slightlye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increased salinity increased the soluble solids concentration and slightly improved fruit appearance of all cultivars”
t0“Muskmelons”
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