Abstract
'Athena' muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) was grown in 1999 in Gainesville, Fla., on polyethylenemulched raised beds with drip irrigation to evaluate effects of K source and method of K application on fruit yield. The soil was low in Mehlich-1 K and 160 lbs per acre (4-ft bed centers) K were applied for the season from KCI, K2SO4, or KNO3. The K was applied either 100% preplant incorporated in the bed or in 12 equal weekly injections through the drip irrigation system. N was supplied at 190 lbs per acre from NH4NO3 (and KNO3), with a combination of incorporated and injected N. All muskmelons received Mg and S from MgSO4. Early yield (first harvest) was not affected by K source. Total-season (five harvests) yield averaged 470 cwt per acre (23.5 tons per acre) and was not affected by K source. Early yield was not affected by K application method, but total-season fruit production was greater with fertigation than with preplant incorporation of K.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Early yield of muskmelon was not affected by K source.
- Taxon
- Cucumis melo
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Cucumis meloe1 - Treatment
- K sourcee3
- Outcome
- Early yield (first harvest)e3
- Direction
- not affectede3
- Setting
- Gainesville, Fla.e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“'Athena' muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) was grown in 1999 in Gainesville, Fla., on polyethylenemulched raised beds with drip irrigation to evaluate effects of K source and method of K application on fruit yield”
e3“Early yield (first harvest) was not affected by K source”
Claim · model-written summary
Total-season yield of muskmelon averaged 470 cwt per acre and was not affected by K source.
- Taxon
- Cucumis meloCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- K sourcee4
- Outcome
- Total-season (five harvests) yielde4
- Direction
- not affectede4
- Value
- 470 cwt per acree4
- Setting
- Gainesville, Fla.e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“'Athena' muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) was grown in 1999 in Gainesville, Fla., on polyethylenemulched raised beds with drip irrigation to evaluate effects of K source and method of K application on fruit yield”
e4“Total-season (five harvests) yield averaged 470 cwt per acre (23.5 tons per acre) and was not affected by K source”
Claim · model-written summary
Early yield of muskmelon was not affected by K application method.
- Taxon
- Cucumis meloCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- K application methode5
- Outcome
- Early yielde5
- Direction
- not affectede5
- Setting
- Gainesville, Fla.e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“'Athena' muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) was grown in 1999 in Gainesville, Fla., on polyethylenemulched raised beds with drip irrigation to evaluate effects of K source and method of K application on fruit yield”
e5“Early yield was not affected by K application method, but total-season fruit production was greater with fertigation than with preplant incorporation of K”
Claim · model-written summary
Total-season fruit production of muskmelon was greater with fertigation than with preplant incorporation of K.
- Taxon
- Cucumis meloCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- fertigatione5
- Outcome
- total-season fruit productione5
- Direction
- greatere5
- Comparator
- preplant incorporatione5
- Setting
- Gainesville, Fla.e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“'Athena' muskmelon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) was grown in 1999 in Gainesville, Fla., on polyethylenemulched raised beds with drip irrigation to evaluate effects of K source and method of K application on fruit yield”
e5“Early yield was not affected by K application method, but total-season fruit production was greater with fertigation than with preplant incorporation of K”
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