Abstract
A two year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different tillage methods on soil physical properties and crop yield of watermelon. Tillage treatments in the study were moldboard plow + two passes of disk harrow as conventional tillage (CT), two passes of disk harrow as reduced tillage (RT), one pass of disk harrow as minimum tillage (MT) and no-tillage (NT) as direct drilling method. The statistical results of the study indicated that tillage method significantly (P≤0.05) affected crop yield, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter and total soluble solids, but there was no significant differences in other components such as number of plants per hectare, number of fruits per plant, root length and root dry matter. The maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment, while maximum value of number of fruits per plant (1.56), fruit length (23.0cm) and total soluble solids (7.8%) was noted in case of RT treatment. On the other hand, the minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment, while the minimum value of total soluble solids (6.6%) was noted in case of MT treatment. The statistical results of the study also indicated that tillage method
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 20
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage method significantly affected watermelon crop yield, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter and total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse1 - Treatment
- tillage methode0
- Outcome
- crop yield, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter and total soluble solidse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tillage method significantly (P≤0.05) affected crop yield, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter and total soluble solids”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage method showed no significant difference in plant count, fruit count, root length or root dry matter.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- tillage methode2
- Outcome
- number of plants per hectare, number of fruits per plant, root length and root dry mattere0
- Direction
- no significant differencese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“there was no significant differences in other components such as number of plants per hectare, number of fruits per plant, root length and root dry matter”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
e2“tillage method significantly (P≤0.05) affected crop yield, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter and total soluble solids”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had maximum crop yield of 21.11 t ha-1.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- CT treatmente0
- Outcome
- crop yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 21.11 t ha-1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had maximum plant count of 2730 per hectare.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- CT treatmente0
- Outcome
- number of plants per hectaree0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 2730e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had maximum fruit weight of 5.15kg.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- CT treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 5.15kge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had maximum fruit diameter of 20.3cm.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- CT treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit diametere0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 20.3cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had maximum root length of 42.0cm.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- CT treatmente0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 42.0cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional tillage had maximum root dry matter of 54.1%.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- CT treatmente0
- Outcome
- root dry mattere0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 54.1%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of crop yield (21.11 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2730), fruit weight (5.15kg), fruit diameter (20.3cm), root length (42.0cm) and root dry matter (54.1%) was observed in case of CT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage had maximum fruits per plant of 1.56.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- RT treatmente0
- Outcome
- number of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 1.56e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of number of fruits per plant (1.56), fruit length (23.0cm) and total soluble solids (7.8%) was noted in case of RT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage had maximum fruit length of 23.0cm.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- RT treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit lengthe0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 23.0cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of number of fruits per plant (1.56), fruit length (23.0cm) and total soluble solids (7.8%) was noted in case of RT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced tillage had maximum soluble solids of 7.8%.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- RT treatmente0
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 7.8%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum value of number of fruits per plant (1.56), fruit length (23.0cm) and total soluble solids (7.8%) was noted in case of RT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum crop yield of 12.26 t ha-1.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- crop yielde0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 12.26 t ha-1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum plant count of 2590 per hectare.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- number of plants per hectaree0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 2590e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum fruit count per plant of 1.40.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- number of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 1.40e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum fruit weight of 3.38kg.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 3.38kge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum fruit length of 20.7cm.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit lengthe0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 20.7cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum fruit diameter of 17.9cm.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit diametere0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 17.9cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum root length of 37.1cm.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 37.1cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
No tillage had minimum root dry matter of 46.5%.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- NT treatmente0
- Outcome
- root dry mattere0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 46.5%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of crop yield (12.26 t ha-1), number of plants per hectare (2590), number of fruits per plant (1.40), fruit weight (3.38kg), fruit length (20.7cm), fruit diameter (17.9cm), root length (37.1cm) and root dry matter (46.5%) was obtained in case of NT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Minimum tillage had minimum total soluble solids of 6.6%.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- MT treatmente0
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- minimume0
- Value
- 6.6%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum value of total soluble solids (6.6%) was noted in case of MT treatment”
e1“crop yield of watermelon”
The same questions in other papers
tillage · growth · Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)Positive and negative results
1 in the opposite direction
- negative
tillage · yield · Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)Positive and negative results
6 papers in the same direction as this paper · 3 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative
- negative
- no effect
- negative
7 papers more in this group
See all 11 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.