Effects of Irrigation Management on Growth and Quality of Greenhouse Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
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Optimal irrigation in each growth stage of melon affects a high quality of fruit. The objective aims to study the effects of irrigation at different field capacities on the growth and quality of melon at further development. The experiment was done in a completely randomized design, with 4 treatments, 15 replications, one plant per replication. The melons were grown in a net house in a mixture of coir dust: sand: rice hull (2: 1: 1 v/v). Two experiments were conducted depending on the growth stage. In the first experiment, the irrigation at 40, 60, 80, or 100 % field capacity was applied during the vegetative stage. The results showed 100 % field capacity gave the highest leaf number, stem length, leaf area, fresh weights of shoot and root, and dry weights of shoot and root. The second experiment was done during the fruit setting stage until harvest. The irrigation at 60, 80, 100, or 120 % field capacity was applied. The results found that the irrigation at 120 % field capacity gave the most remarkable leaf area, fresh weights of shoot and root and dry weights of shoot and root, and fruit weight. Total soluble solids in all treatments were in the range of 13.10-14.17 ºBrix. Therefore, irrigation at 100 % field capacity should be applied during the vegetative stage, and 120 % field capacity should be used during the fruit setting stage until harvest.
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