Claim · model-written summary
These growth measures first rose then fell with nitrogen under W3.
Citrullus lanatusVerbatim
e0“Vine length, stem diameter, and dry matter accumulation increased with increasing nitrogen application under the W1 and W2 irrigation levels, but exhibited an initial increase followed by a decrease under the W3 condition.”
t0“Watermelon”
Title
Yufei Wu; Muhammad S. Ahmed; Shengnan Zhang; et al. Horticulturae 2026. doi:10.3390/horticulturae12010105
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- Intervention effect W2N2 produced the highest watermelon yield of 64,617.59 kg·ha−1.
- Association Vine length, stem diameter and dry matter rose with nitrogen under W1 and W2.
- Intervention effect W1N3 increased central sugar content by 15.69% versus CK.
- Intervention effect W1N1 increased vitamin C accumulation by 49.88% over CK.
- Observation Total water consumption ranged from 362.12 to 493.92 mm.
- Intervention effect W1N3 gave maximum water use efficiency of 21.94 kg·m−3.
- Intervention effect W1N3 gave maximum irrigation water use efficiency of 35.05 kg·m−3.
- Intervention effect W3N1 gave the highest nitrogen partial factor productivity of 239.33 kg·kg−1.
- Method / resource TOPSIS rated W1N3 highest in relative closeness, at 0.669.
- Recommendation The authors identified W1N3 as the optimal water–nitrogen combination.