Abstract
This study was designed to assess the effects of different types of organic matter on the quality and biochemical properties of red seedless watermelon. The research was a single factor experiment, which involved six (6) treatments and four (4) replications. Watermelon grown and harvested from five (5) different organic matter sources, namely; vermicompost (VC), poultry manure (PM), cow dung (CD), goat dung (GD), and moringa leaf extract (MLE), at the rates of 10 ton, 20 ton, 30 ton, 30 ton, and 3000 L ha-1, respectively, were used in this study. The results revealed that the treatment of vermicompost improved the chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductance, internal carbon dioxide, net photosynthetic rate, fruit weight and mineral nutrient content of watermelon. The application of cow dung reduced the rind thickness and increased the TSS and antioxidant activity of the watermelon. The goat dung treatment significantly affected fruit size, juice content and the pH content of the watermelon’s fruit juice. The poultry manure (PM) and moringa extract (MLE) treatments resulted in the highest anthocyanin content of all the watermelon. Although all the organic matter, in their unique ways, improved the quality of red seedless watermelon, the study shows that the vermicompost application had better growth, yield and improvement in the quality of watermelon.
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Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost improved chlorophyll content, fluorescence, and stomatal conductance.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductancee0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“treatment of vermicompost improved the chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductance, internal carbon dioxide, net photosynthetic rate, fruit weight and mineral nutrient content of watermelon”
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Vermicompost improved internal carbon dioxide and photosynthetic rate.
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- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- internal carbon dioxide, net photosynthetic ratee0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“treatment of vermicompost improved the chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductance, internal carbon dioxide, net photosynthetic rate, fruit weight and mineral nutrient content of watermelon”
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Vermicompost improved watermelon fruit weight.
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- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“vermicompost improved the chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductance, internal carbon dioxide, net photosynthetic rate, fruit weight and mineral nutrient content of watermelon”
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Vermicompost improved watermelon mineral nutrient content.
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- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- vermicomposte0
- Outcome
- mineral nutrient contente0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“vermicompost improved the chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, stomatal conductance, internal carbon dioxide, net photosynthetic rate, fruit weight and mineral nutrient content of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Cow dung reduced watermelon rind thickness.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- cow dunge0
- Outcome
- rind thicknesse0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“cow dung reduced the rind thickness and increased the TSS and antioxidant activity of the watermelon”
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Cow dung increased watermelon TSS and antioxidant activity.
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- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- cow dunge0
- Outcome
- TSS and antioxidant activitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“cow dung reduced the rind thickness and increased the TSS and antioxidant activity of the watermelon”
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Goat dung significantly affected fruit size, juice content, and juice pH.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- goat dunge0
- Outcome
- fruit size, juice content and the pH contente0
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e0“goat dung treatment significantly affected fruit size, juice content and the pH content of the watermelon’s fruit juice”
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Poultry manure produced the highest watermelon anthocyanin content.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
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- poultry manure (PM)e0
- Outcome
- anthocyanin contente0
- Direction
- higheste0
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e0“poultry manure (PM) and moringa extract (MLE) treatments resulted in the highest anthocyanin content of all the watermelon”
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Moringa extract produced the highest watermelon anthocyanin content.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- moringa extract (MLE)e0
- Outcome
- anthocyanin contente0
- Direction
- higheste0
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e0“poultry manure (PM) and moringa extract (MLE) treatments resulted in the highest anthocyanin content of all the watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost gave better watermelon growth, yield, and quality.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- vermicompost applicatione0
- Outcome
- growth, yield and improvement in the qualitye0
- Direction
- bettere0
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e0“vermicompost application had better growth, yield and improvement in the quality of watermelon”
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