Abstract
Abstract A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences. Vines of both plant types were divided into leaves, petioles, and stems at 58, 72, and 86 days of age. Leaf dry weight and leaf area were generally the same for both plant types early in growth. NI plants had greater leaf and stem dry weights and leaf area at 72 days; however, only stem dry weights differed at 86 days. The leaf : stem and leaf area : leaf dry weight ratios were always greater for SI than for NI plants, but NI plants produced twice the number and weight of fruit as SI plants. Mean fruit weight for SI plants was slightly smaller than fruits of NI plants. Doubling the population of SI plants by either spacing plants 0.45 m within the row or planting two per hill reduced fruit number and total fruit weight per plant. Highest total fruit weight was obtained by spacing SI plants 0.90 m apart in a triangular fashion within double rows spaced 0.30 m apart on a mulch row. SI plants contained less K and more Mg in leaves and less N and Ca but more K in stems than NI plants. Both plant types had similar Mg levels in stems at each sampling. There were significant year effects and internode type × year interactions for fruit number, fruit weight, and elemental concentrations.
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Claims 15
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf dry weight and leaf area were generally the same for short-internode and normal-internode muskmelon early in growth
- Taxon
- Muskmelon
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Cucumis melot0 - Material
- short-internode (SI) muskmelon linee1
- Outcome
- Leaf dry weight and leaf areae2
- Direction
- the samee2
- Qualifier
- early in growthe2
- Comparator
- normal-internode (NI) cultivare1
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“Leaf dry weight and leaf area were generally the same for both plant types early in growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Normal-internode plants had greater leaf and stem dry weights and leaf area than short-internode plants at 72 days
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- NI plantse3
- Outcome
- leaf and stem dry weights and leaf areae3
- Direction
- greatere3
- Qualifier
- at 72 dayse3
- Comparator
- short-internode (SI) muskmelon linee1
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e3“NI plants had greater leaf and stem dry weights and leaf area at 72 days; however, only stem dry weights differed at 86 days”
Claim · model-written summary
Stem dry weight of normal-internode plants differed from short-internode plants at 86 days
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- NI plantse3
- Outcome
- stem dry weightse3
- Qualifier
- at 86 dayse3
- Comparator
- short-internode (SI) muskmelon linee1
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e3“NI plants had greater leaf and stem dry weights and leaf area at 72 days; however, only stem dry weights differed at 86 days”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf:stem and leaf area:leaf dry weight ratios were always greater in short-internode than normal-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SIe4
- Outcome
- leaf : stem and leaf area : leaf dry weight ratiose4
- Direction
- greatere4
- Qualifier
- alwayse4
- Comparator
- NI plantse4
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e4“The leaf : stem and leaf area : leaf dry weight ratios were always greater for SI than for NI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Normal-internode plants produced twice the number and weight of fruit of short-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- NI plantse5
- Outcome
- number and weight of fruite5
- Direction
- producede5
- Value
- twicee5
- Comparator
- SI plantse5
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e5“NI plants produced twice the number and weight of fruit as SI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean fruit weight of short-internode plants was slightly smaller than that of normal-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse6
- Outcome
- Mean fruit weighte6
- Direction
- smallere6
- Qualifier
- slightlye6
- Comparator
- NI plantse6
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e6“Mean fruit weight for SI plants was slightly smaller than fruits of NI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Doubling the population of short-internode plants by spacing or two plants per hill reduced fruit number and total fruit weight per plant
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse7
- Treatment
- Doubling the population of SI plants by either spacing plants 0.45 m within the row or planting two per hille7
- Outcome
- fruit number and total fruit weight per plante7
- Direction
- reducede7
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e7“Doubling the population of SI plants by either spacing plants 0.45 m within the row or planting two per hill reduced fruit number and total fruit weight per plant”
Claim · model-written summary
Spacing short-internode plants 0.90 m apart in a triangular fashion within double rows gave the highest total fruit weight
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse2
- Treatment
- spacing SI plants 0.90 m apart in a triangular fashion within double rows spaced 0.30 m apart on a mulch rowe2
- Outcome
- total fruit weighte2
- Direction
- Higheste2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“Highest total fruit weight was obtained by spacing SI plants 0.90 m apart in a triangular fashion within double rows spaced 0.30 m apart on a mulch row”
Claim · model-written summary
Short-internode plants contained less K in leaves than normal-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse2
- Outcome
- Ke2
- Direction
- lesse2
- Qualifier
- in leavese2
- Comparator
- NI plantse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“SI plants contained less K and more Mg in leaves and less N and Ca but more K in stems than NI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Short-internode plants contained more Mg in leaves than normal-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse2
- Outcome
- Mge2
- Direction
- moree2
- Qualifier
- in leavese2
- Comparator
- NI plantse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“SI plants contained less K and more Mg in leaves and less N and Ca but more K in stems than NI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Short-internode plants contained less N and Ca in leaves than normal-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse2
- Outcome
- N and Cae2
- Direction
- lesse2
- Qualifier
- in leavese2
- Comparator
- NI plantse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“SI plants contained less K and more Mg in leaves and less N and Ca but more K in stems than NI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Short-internode plants contained more K in stems than normal-internode plants
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- SI plantse2
- Outcome
- Ke2
- Direction
- moree2
- Qualifier
- in stemse2
- Comparator
- NI plantse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“SI plants contained less K and more Mg in leaves and less N and Ca but more K in stems than NI plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Both muskmelon plant types had similar Mg levels in stems at each sampling
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Both plant typese2
- Outcome
- Mg levelse2
- Direction
- similare2
- Qualifier
- in stemse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“Both plant types had similar Mg levels in stems at each sampling”
Claim · model-written summary
Year had significant effects on fruit number, fruit weight and elemental concentrations
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Outcome
- fruit number, fruit weight, and elemental concentrationse2
- Qualifier
- significant year effectse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“There were significant year effects and internode type × year interactions for fruit number, fruit weight, and elemental concentrations”
Claim · model-written summary
Internode type by year interactions were significant for fruit number, fruit weight and elemental concentrations
- Taxon
- MuskmelonCucumis melot0
- Material
- internode typee2
- Outcome
- fruit number, fruit weight, and elemental concentrationse2
- Qualifier
- internode type × year interactionse2
- Setting
- four seasonse1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Short-internode Muskmelon”
e1“A short-internode (SI) muskmelon line was compared with a normal-internode (NI) cultivar in four seasons for growth and yield differences”
e2“There were significant year effects and internode type × year interactions for fruit number, fruit weight, and elemental concentrations”
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