Abstract
Abstract Drip and furrow irrigation of muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’) were compared in 1983 in Weslaco, Texas. Drip irrigation at 40% or 20% available soil water depletion (SWD) in the surface 30 cm of soil required 25% and 42%, respectively, of the irrigation water volume required by furrow irrigation at 40% SWD. There was a trend toward earliness and increased total and marketable yields with drip irrigation. Neither fruit size distribution nor cull percentage was affected by irrigation method. In 1984, drip irrigation at 20%, 40%, or 60% SWD showed increased muskmelon yield with increased water application. Drip irrigation regime did not influence earliness, fruit size distribution, or soluble solids content. Highest water use efficiency, 181 kg marketable fruit·ha −1 ·mm −1 total water (irrigation + rainfall), was recorded in the 40% SWD treatment.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Drip at 40% soil water depletion required 25% of furrow irrigation water volume.
- Taxon
- muskmelon
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Cucumis meloe1 - Material
- ‘Perlita’e1
- Treatment
- Drip irrigation at 40%e0
- Outcome
- irrigation water volumee0
- Value
- 25%e0
- Comparator
- furrow irrigation at 40% SWDe0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Drip irrigation at 40% or 20% available soil water depletion (SWD) in the surface 30 cm of soil required 25% and 42%, respectively, of the irrigation water volume required by furrow irrigation at 40% SWD.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip at 20% depletion required 42% of furrow irrigation water volume.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Material
- ‘Perlita’e1
- Treatment
- 20% available soil water depletione0
- Outcome
- irrigation water volumee0
- Value
- 42%e0
- Comparator
- furrow irrigation at 40% SWDe0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Drip irrigation at 40% or 20% available soil water depletion (SWD) in the surface 30 cm of soil required 25% and 42%, respectively, of the irrigation water volume required by furrow irrigation at 40% SWD.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation showed a trend toward earlier muskmelon production.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- drip irrigatione0
- Outcome
- earlinesse0
- Direction
- trend towarde0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a trend toward earliness and increased total and marketable yields with drip irrigation.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation tended to increase total and marketable yields.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- drip irrigatione0
- Outcome
- total and marketable yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a trend toward earliness and increased total and marketable yields with drip irrigation.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation method did not affect fruit size distribution or cull percentage.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- irrigation methode0
- Outcome
- fruit size distribution nor cull percentagee0
- Direction
- Neithere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Neither fruit size distribution nor cull percentage was affected by irrigation method.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1984, increasing water application under drip irrigation increased muskmelon yield.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe0
- Treatment
- increased water applicatione0
- Outcome
- muskmelon yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- In 1984e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In 1984, drip irrigation at 20%, 40%, or 60% SWD showed increased muskmelon yield with increased water application.”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation regime did not influence earliness, fruit size distribution or soluble solids.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- Drip irrigation regimee0
- Outcome
- earliness, fruit size distribution, or soluble solids contente0
- Direction
- did not influencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Drip irrigation regime did not influence earliness, fruit size distribution, or soluble solids content.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 40% depletion treatment had highest water use efficiency at 181 kg marketable fruit per hectare per millimeter total water.
- Taxon
- muskmelonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- 40% SWD treatmente0
- Outcome
- water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- Higheste0
- Value
- 181 kg marketable fruit·ha −1 ·mm −1 total watere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Highest water use efficiency, 181 kg marketable fruit·ha −1 ·mm −1 total water (irrigation + rainfall), was recorded in the 40% SWD treatment.”
e1“muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L. ‘Perlita’)”
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