Abstract
Although watermelon is one of the major vegetable-fruit crop, management fertilization still lacks information for increased productivity, quality and profitability, and to lower environmental impact. An experiment was conducted in Mossoró, Brasilian city of Rio Grande do Norte, from August to October 2012, to evaluate the effects of doses of phosphorus (P) (0, 45, 90, 135, 180 and 225 kg ha-1 P2O5) in productivity, quality and profitability of two cultivars of watermelon cultivation (Top Gun and Olympia), in a randomized blocks in a factorial 6 × 2, with four replications. Larger number of commercial fruits (1.70 per plant) and commercial yield (74.39 t ha-1) were obtained with 54.8 and 49.4 kg ha-1 P2O5, respectively. Attributes of quality of watermelon fruit were not influenced by P. Dose between cultivars differences were found, and 'Olympia' had higher fruit mass and skin thickness than the 'Top Gun'. However, the soluble solids content of the 'Top Gun' was 4.9% higher than the Olympia. The maximum economic return was achieved with a dose of 49.37 kg ha-1 of P2O5. Key words: Citrullus lanatus, phosphate fertilizer, production cost.
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Claim · model-written summary
Commercial fruit number peaked at 1.70 per plant with 54.8 kg ha-1 P2O5.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- 54.8e0
- Outcome
- number of commercial fruitse0
- Direction
- Largere0
- Value
- 1.70 per plante0
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e0“Larger number of commercial fruits (1.70 per plant) and commercial yield (74.39 t ha-1) were obtained with 54.8 and 49.4 kg ha-1 P2O5, respectively”
t0“watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Commercial yield peaked at 74.39 t ha-1 with 49.4 kg ha-1 P2O5.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- 49.4e0
- Outcome
- commercial yielde0
- Direction
- Largere0
- Value
- 74.39 t ha-1e0
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e0“Larger number of commercial fruits (1.70 per plant) and commercial yield (74.39 t ha-1) were obtained with 54.8 and 49.4 kg ha-1 P2O5, respectively”
t0“watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Phosphorus did not influence watermelon fruit quality attributes.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- Pe0
- Outcome
- Attributes of quality of watermelon fruite0
- Direction
- not influencede0
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e0“Attributes of quality of watermelon fruit were not influenced by P”
Claim · model-written summary
Olympia had higher fruit mass than Top Gun.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- Olympiae0
- Outcome
- fruit masse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- Top Gune0
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e0“'Olympia' had higher fruit mass and skin thickness than the 'Top Gun'”
t0“watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Olympia had higher skin thickness than Top Gun.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- Olympiae0
- Outcome
- skin thicknesse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- Top Gune0
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e0“'Olympia' had higher fruit mass and skin thickness than the 'Top Gun'”
t0“watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Top Gun soluble solids were 4.9% higher than Olympia.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- Top Gune0
- Outcome
- soluble solids contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 4.9%e0
- Comparator
- Olympiae0
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e0“the soluble solids content of the 'Top Gun' was 4.9% higher than the Olympia”
t0“watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Maximum economic return occurred at 49.37 kg ha-1 P2O5.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Outcome
- economic returne0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 49.37 kg ha-1 of P2O5e0
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e0“The maximum economic return was achieved with a dose of 49.37 kg ha-1 of P2O5”
t0“watermelon”
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