Abstract
Watermelon is a new introduced cash crop in Rwanda and save high return compared to other crops. However this crop is still with low productivity due to poor agricultural practices especially conservation of moisture content, fertilization and the use of inadequate planting spacing. There is a need to find out the appropriate spacing and good practice helps to conserve soil moisture for growth and yield of watermelon. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of spacing and mulching types on growth and yield of watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus -Thunb. Var. Sugar baby). The experiment were carried out in Rubona station farm located in Rusatira Sector, Huye District. All the treatments were factorial combinations of three different spacing (1m × 1m, 1m × 1.5m, and 1m × 2 m) and three types of mulching (no mulch, straw mulch and plastic mulch) and laid out following Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) replicated thrice. Main vine length, number of leaves on main vine, number of lateral branches and fruit length, fruit weight and yield of fruits per hectare at harvest were observed. Results indicated that the interactions between the treatments spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulch gave the highest number of fruits and yield (28.59 tha -1 ) and higher net returns (11,345,250 Rwf) with higher benefit cost ratio (2.53). This interaction should be adopted by the farmers for profitable watermelon production in the studied zone.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Spacing of 1m × 2 m with plastic mulch gave the highest fruit number.
- Taxon
- Watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- number of fruitse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Setting
- Rubona conditions in Rwandat0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results indicated that the interactions between the treatments spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulch gave the highest number of fruits and yield (28.59 tha -1 ) and higher net returns (11,345,250 Rwf) with higher benefit cost ratio (2.53).”
t0“Growth and yield of Watermelon as affected by different spacing and mulching types under Rubona conditions in Rwanda”
Claim · model-written summary
Spacing of 1m × 2 m with plastic mulch gave the highest yield, 28.59 tha -1.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 28.59 tha -1e0
- Setting
- Rubona conditions in Rwandat0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results indicated that the interactions between the treatments spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulch gave the highest number of fruits and yield (28.59 tha -1 ) and higher net returns (11,345,250 Rwf) with higher benefit cost ratio (2.53).”
t0“Growth and yield of Watermelon as affected by different spacing and mulching types under Rubona conditions in Rwanda”
Claim · model-written summary
Spacing of 1m × 2 m with plastic mulch gave higher net returns of 11,345,250 Rwf.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- net returnse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 11,345,250 Rwfe0
- Setting
- Rubona conditions in Rwandat0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results indicated that the interactions between the treatments spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulch gave the highest number of fruits and yield (28.59 tha -1 ) and higher net returns (11,345,250 Rwf) with higher benefit cost ratio (2.53).”
t0“Growth and yield of Watermelon as affected by different spacing and mulching types under Rubona conditions in Rwanda”
Claim · model-written summary
Spacing of 1m × 2 m with plastic mulch gave a higher benefit cost ratio of 2.53.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- benefit cost ratioe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 2.53e0
- Setting
- Rubona conditions in Rwandat0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results indicated that the interactions between the treatments spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulch gave the highest number of fruits and yield (28.59 tha -1 ) and higher net returns (11,345,250 Rwf) with higher benefit cost ratio (2.53).”
t0“Growth and yield of Watermelon as affected by different spacing and mulching types under Rubona conditions in Rwanda”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend this spacing and mulch combination for profitable watermelon production in the studied zone.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- should be adopted by the farmers for profitable watermelon productione0
- Setting
- the studied zonee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This interaction should be adopted by the farmers for profitable watermelon production in the studied zone.”
e1“spacing of 1m × 2 m and plastic mulch”
t0“Watermelon”
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