Production and quality of melons grown in two different substrates under soilless cultivation

dc.contributor.authorCecilio Filho, A. B. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMay, A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBranco, R. B F [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBraz, L. T. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPeixoto, J. R.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de Brasília (UnB)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:20:59Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:20:59Z
dc.date.issued2003-12-01
dc.description.abstractThis investigation was conducted at UNESP, Jaboticabal campus, São Paulo, Brazil, from March 8 to June 21, 1999, to evaluate net melon yield and fruit quality, using soilless culture. 'Bônus 2' and 'Mission' cultivars were grown in a substrate of ground quartz or thick sand, in a randomized block experimental design. Leaf and stem dry matter production, leaf size and soluble solids content of the fruit, of 'Bônus 2' were superior to 'Mission'. There was a significant interaction for the evaluated characteristics of fruit dry mass production and yield. The largest accumulation of fruit dry mass and yield of the 'Bônus 2' cultivar (61,325 kg/ha) was observed when a substrate of ground quartz was used, while the yield for the 'Mission' cultivar was higher in a substrate of thick sand (42,125 kg/ha).en
dc.description.affiliationDepto. Produção Vegetal FCAV UNESP, Via de acesso Prof. Paulo D. Castellane, s/n, 14.884-900 Jaboticabal - SP
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Agronomia UnB, 70910-900, Brasília - DF
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepto. Produção Vegetal FCAV UNESP, Via de acesso Prof. Paulo D. Castellane, s/n, 14.884-900 Jaboticabal - SP
dc.format.extent163-168
dc.identifierhttp://www.actahort.org/books/607/607_24.htm
dc.identifier.citationActa Horticulturae, v. 607, p. 163-168.
dc.identifier.issn0567-7572
dc.identifier.lattes2938155685114592
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84879626259
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/67538
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000184645500024
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofActa Horticulturae
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,198
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCucumis melo
dc.subjectCultivar
dc.subjectNet melon
dc.subjectProtected cultivation
dc.subjectSubstrate
dc.subjectYield
dc.titleProduction and quality of melons grown in two different substrates under soilless cultivationen
dc.typeTrabalho apresentado em evento
dcterms.licensehttp://www.ishs.org/authors
unesp.author.lattes2938155685114592[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-6706-5496[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt

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