Abstract
One or two plants per hill of `Prince Charles' and `Royal Jubilee' watermelon were grown with drip fertigation at five in-row spacings, with or without polyethylene mulch, in four location × year combinations (environments). Rows were 1.5 m apart and in-row spacings were 45, 60, 90, 120, and 150 cm. `Royal Jubilee' yielded more than `Prince Charles' in all environments, and the highest yields were associated with low percent culls and high fruit numbers per hectare. Highest yields of marketable fruits (≥4.5 kg/melon) were obtained using polyethylene mulch and areas per plant between 0.4 and 0.9 m 2 . Average weight per melon, however, was ≥9 kg only at areas per plant >0.9 to 1.0 m 2 . Unless there is a market for small fruits (≥4.5–9 kg), optimum area per plant was ≈1.0 m 2 . Results for one plant per hill at one in-row spacing were similar to those for the alternative planting pattern of two plants per hill at half the in-row spacing, thus supporting the feasibility of using the more economical alternative planting pattern.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Royal Jubilee watermelon yielded more than Prince Charles in all environments.
- Taxon
- Watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Material
- Royal Jubileee1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- moree1
- Comparator
- Prince Charlese1
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Verbatim
t0“Yield Response of Watermelon”
e1“`Royal Jubilee' yielded more than `Prince Charles' in all environments, and the highest yields were associated with low percent culls and high fruit numbers per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest watermelon yields were associated with low percent culls and high fruit numbers per hectare.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- low percent culls and high fruit numbers per hectaree1
- Outcome
- highest yieldse1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield Response of Watermelon”
e1“`Royal Jubilee' yielded more than `Prince Charles' in all environments, and the highest yields were associated with low percent culls and high fruit numbers per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
Polyethylene mulch with areas per plant between 0.4 and 0.9 m2 gave the highest yields of marketable watermelon fruits.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- polyethylene mulch and areas per plant between 0.4 and 0.9 m 2e2
- Outcome
- yields of marketable fruitse2
- Direction
- Higheste2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield Response of Watermelon”
e2“Highest yields of marketable fruits (≥4.5 kg/melon) were obtained using polyethylene mulch and areas per plant between 0.4 and 0.9 m 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Average watermelon fruit weight was at least 9 kg only at areas per plant above 0.9 to 1.0 m2.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- areas per plant >0.9 to 1.0 m 2e3
- Outcome
- Average weight per melone3
- Value
- ≥9 kge3
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield Response of Watermelon”
e3“Average weight per melon, however, was ≥9 kg only at areas per plant >0.9 to 1.0 m 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Optimum area per plant for watermelon is about 1.0 m2 unless there is a market for small fruits.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Outcome
- optimum area per plante4
- Value
- ≈1.0 m 2e4
- Qualifier
- Unless there is a market for small fruits (≥4.5–9 kg)e4
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Verbatim
t0“Yield Response of Watermelon”
e4“Unless there is a market for small fruits (≥4.5–9 kg), optimum area per plant was ≈1.0 m 2”
Claim · model-written summary
One plant per hill at one in-row spacing gave yields similar to two plants per hill at half the in-row spacing.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- one plant per hill at one in-row spacinge5
- Outcome
- Resultse5
- Direction
- similare5
- Comparator
- two plants per hill at half the in-row spacinge5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Yield Response of Watermelon”
e5“Results for one plant per hill at one in-row spacing were similar to those for the alternative planting pattern of two plants per hill at half the in-row spacing”
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