Abstract
Abstract Response of watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai cv. Charleston Gray] to factorial combinations of trickle irrigation or no irrigation and black polyethylene mulch or no mulch was evaluated during 2 successive years on a southwestern Indiana Lyles fine sandy loam. Both trickle irrigation and polyethylene mulch, alone and in various combinations, increased stem growth and early and total yields of watermelon compared to untreated watermelons. Greatest stem growth and early and total yields were obtained from plants grown on polyethylene mulch in combination with trickle irrigation. Mean fruit weight did not vary with treatment. Trickle-irrigated watermelon plants produced shallow rooting near trickle emitters; nonirrigated plants produced relatively extended, deep, and diffuse roots. Petiole Zn concentration was greater in plants grown on polyethylene mulch than no mulch. Trickle irrigation resulted in a decreased concentration of petiole Mn.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation increased stem growth and early and total yields.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- trickle irrigatione0
- Outcome
- stem growth and early and total yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- untreated watermelonse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both trickle irrigation and polyethylene mulch, alone and in various combinations, increased stem growth and early and total yields of watermelon compared to untreated watermelons.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch increased stem growth and early and total yields.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- polyethylene mulche0
- Outcome
- stem growth and early and total yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- untreated watermelonse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both trickle irrigation and polyethylene mulch, alone and in various combinations, increased stem growth and early and total yields of watermelon compared to untreated watermelons.”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined mulch and irrigation gave greatest stem growth and yields.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- polyethylene mulch in combination with trickle irrigatione0
- Outcome
- stem growth and early and total yieldse0
- Direction
- Greateste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Greatest stem growth and early and total yields were obtained from plants grown on polyethylene mulch in combination with trickle irrigation.”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean fruit weight did not vary with treatment.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Outcome
- Mean fruit weighte0
- Direction
- did not varye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mean fruit weight did not vary with treatment.”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Trickle irrigation produced shallow roots near emitters.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- Trickle-irrigatede0
- Outcome
- shallow rooting near trickle emitterse0
- Comparator
- nonirrigatede0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Trickle-irrigated watermelon plants produced shallow rooting near trickle emitters; nonirrigated plants produced relatively extended, deep, and diffuse roots.”
Claim · model-written summary
Nonirrigated plants had extended, deep, diffuse roots.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Outcome
- extended, deep, and diffuse rootse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“nonirrigated plants produced relatively extended, deep, and diffuse roots.”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch increased petiole Zn concentration.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- polyethylene mulche0
- Outcome
- Petiole Zn concentratione0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- no mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Petiole Zn concentration was greater in plants grown on polyethylene mulch than no mulch.”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation decreased petiole Mn concentration.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Trickle irrigatione0
- Outcome
- concentration of petiole Mne0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Trickle irrigation resulted in a decreased concentration of petiole Mn.”
t0“Watermelon”
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