Poda da haste principal e densidade de cultivo na produção e qualidade de frutos em híbridos de melão

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Pereira, Francisco Hevilásio Freire Nogueira, Isení Carlos C. Pedrosa, Josué Fernandes Negreiros, Maria Zuleide De Neto, Francisco Alves Bezerra
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	ABSTRACT Pruning of main stem and plant density on yield and fruitquality of melon hybrids Two field trials were carried out to evaluate the effect of pruningand planting density on yield and fruit quality of two melon hybrids.The work was done in Mossoro, Brazil, in the period of 06/01 to 08/11/98. The hybrids Orange flesh and Hy Mark were studied and theplanting densities of 20,000; 30,000; 40,000 and 50,000 plants ha -1 ,in factorial outline 2 x 4. The experimental design was of randomizedblocks, with four replications. There was significant interactionamong pruning and hybrid for medium weight of fruits, formatrelationship and total soluble solids and between pruning and plantingdensity for the total number of fruits and number of unmarketablefruits. The hybrid submitted to the pruning provided largerproductivity, with the hybrid Orange Flesh and Hy Mark presenting25.96 Mag ha -1 on average. The yield and the medium weight offruits decreased with the increase of the planting density. The totalnumber of marketable fruits increased in function of the plantingdensity. The hybrid Orange Flesh submitted to pruning presentedthe largest format relationship with index of 1.09, while the hybridHy Mark presented the smallest with index of 1.04. The hybrid HyMark submitted to pruning presented the largest level of total solublesolids (8,99%).
Starting Page	192
Ending Page	197
Page Count	6
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DOI	10.1590/S0102-05362003000200014
Volume Number	21
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article