Abstract
Watermelon Citrullus lanatus Thunb Matsum amp Nakai is a high value vegetable crop that has gained importance in Kenya Its production is constrained by low soil fertility and improper use of inorganic fertilizers leading to low yield and poor quality fruit and low incomes amongst watermelon small farmer holders To address this problem a study was conducted for two seasons at Kwale prison rsquo s farm Matuga Sub county in Kwale County to determine the effects of organic cattle manure and inorganic fertilizers Calcium ammonium nitrate CAN and diammonium phosphate DAP on quality of watermelon The study was carried out in for two seasons The experimental design was a x factorial arrangement of treatments embedded in randomized complete block design with three replications The two factors were Cattle manure and tha Inorganic fertilizers three combinations of CAN and DAP were and kgN P O ha nbsp The parameters studied were fruit firmness fruit rind thickness and total soluble solids Benefit cost ratio analysis was conducted to assess the profitability of using both organic and inorganic fertilizers Data was collected and subjected to analysis of variance ANOVA and means separated by Tukey rsquo s honestly significant difference HSD at p le using SAS version The results of this study showed that fruit quality was enhanced with increasing organic cattle manure to and increasing level of inorganic CAN and DAP to fertilizers dosage Fruity quality and benefit cost ratio responses of watermelon to manure application were dependent on the level of supplementation with CAN and DAP Generally the quality of watermelon fruits and the benefit cost ratio improved with increasing level of supplementation of cattle manure with nitrogen and phosphorus The findings suggest that cattle manure and inorganic fertilizers improve the quality of watermelon fruits and enable watermelon small holder farmers to maximize their net returns and profits nbsp
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Claim · model-written summary
Increasing manure and inorganic fertilizer enhanced watermelon fruit quality.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- organic cattle manuree0
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit quality was enhanced with increasing organic cattle manure to and increasing level of inorganic CAN and DAP to fertilizers dosage”
t0“watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruity quality response to manure depended on CAN and DAP supplementation.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- manure applicatione0
- Outcome
- Fruity qualitye0
- Qualifier
- level of supplementation with CAN and DAPe0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruity quality and benefit cost ratio responses of watermelon to manure application were dependent on the level of supplementation with CAN and DAP”
Claim · model-written summary
benefit cost ratio response to manure depended on CAN and DAP supplementation.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- manure applicatione0
- Outcome
- benefit cost ratioe0
- Qualifier
- level of supplementation with CAN and DAPe0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruity quality and benefit cost ratio responses of watermelon to manure application were dependent on the level of supplementation with CAN and DAP”
Claim · model-written summary
quality of watermelon fruits improved with more nitrogen and phosphorus supplementation.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- increasing level of supplementation of cattle manure with nitrogen and phosphoruse0
- Outcome
- quality of watermelon fruitse0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“quality of watermelon fruits and the benefit cost ratio improved with increasing level of supplementation of cattle manure with nitrogen and phosphorus”
Claim · model-written summary
benefit cost ratio improved with more nitrogen and phosphorus supplementation.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- increasing level of supplementation of cattle manure with nitrogen and phosphoruse0
- Outcome
- benefit cost ratioe0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“quality of watermelon fruits and the benefit cost ratio improved with increasing level of supplementation of cattle manure with nitrogen and phosphorus”
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