Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the salt tolerance of mini watermelon (cv. Smile). The experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of the Department of Biosystems Engineering of ESALQ/USP. The experimental design was randomized blocks. The plants were irrigated with five levels o...
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| author | Alan B. O. de Sousa Sérgio N. Duarte Osvaldo N. de Sousa Neto Ana C. M. Souza Pedro R. F. Sampaio Carlos T. dos S. Dias |
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| description | ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the salt tolerance of mini watermelon (cv. Smile). The experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of the Department of Biosystems Engineering of ESALQ/USP. The experimental design was randomized blocks. The plants were irrigated with five levels of salinity (S1 = 1.0; S2 = 2.0; S3 = 3.0; S4 = 4.0 and S5 = 5.0 dS m-1). At 85 days after the beginning of the experiment, the plants and the physical and chemical variables of the fruit were evaluated. Salinity negatively affected the variables: length of the main stem, stem diameter, number of leaves, number of branches, leaf area, fresh and dry matter. Regarding the physical and chemical characteristics of fruits, salinity reduced the mass, diameter and the pH of the fruit, but increased its vitamin C content. In general, the results suggest that the mini watermelon (cv. Smile) is moderately sensitive to salinity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a1aebef265e4c77aa92cbfbcde4c91f2025-08-20T02:25:51ZengUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental1807-1929201089790210.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v20n10p897-902S1415-43662016001000897Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline waterAlan B. O. de SousaSérgio N. DuarteOsvaldo N. de Sousa NetoAna C. M. SouzaPedro R. F. SampaioCarlos T. dos S. DiasABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the salt tolerance of mini watermelon (cv. Smile). The experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of the Department of Biosystems Engineering of ESALQ/USP. The experimental design was randomized blocks. The plants were irrigated with five levels of salinity (S1 = 1.0; S2 = 2.0; S3 = 3.0; S4 = 4.0 and S5 = 5.0 dS m-1). At 85 days after the beginning of the experiment, the plants and the physical and chemical variables of the fruit were evaluated. Salinity negatively affected the variables: length of the main stem, stem diameter, number of leaves, number of branches, leaf area, fresh and dry matter. Regarding the physical and chemical characteristics of fruits, salinity reduced the mass, diameter and the pH of the fruit, but increased its vitamin C content. In general, the results suggest that the mini watermelon (cv. Smile) is moderately sensitive to salinity.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662016001000897&lng=en&tlng=ensalt stresselectrical conductivitycucurbitaceae |
| spellingShingle | Alan B. O. de Sousa Sérgio N. Duarte Osvaldo N. de Sousa Neto Ana C. M. Souza Pedro R. F. Sampaio Carlos T. dos S. Dias Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental salt stress electrical conductivity cucurbitaceae |
| title | Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water |
| title_full | Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water |
| title_fullStr | Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water |
| title_full_unstemmed | Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water |
| title_short | Production and quality of mini watermelon cv. Smile irrigated with saline water |
| title_sort | production and quality of mini watermelon cv smile irrigated with saline water |
| topic | salt stress electrical conductivity cucurbitaceae |
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