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Morpho-physiological growth, yield and fruit quality of rock melon as affected by growing media and electrical conductivity.


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Berahim, Zulkarimi and M., Asharfuzaman and Ismail, Mohd Razi (2010) Morpho-physiological growth, yield and fruit quality of rock melon as affected by growing media and electrical conductivity. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, 8 (1). pp. 249-252. ISSN 1459-0255

Abstract

Effects of soilless media coconut dust (CD) and empty fruit bunch (EFB) and five electric conductivity (EC) levels of fertilizer (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 dS/m) on growth, yield and fruit quality of rock melon were investigated under greenhouse conditions. Plant height, number of leaves, total leaf area, chlorophyll content, dry weight of leaf, stem and roots, fruit length, diameter, weight and total soluble solids (sweetness) data were collected. Medium EFB performed better in comparison to CD in all the parameters studied. Among the different EC levels, 1.5 dS/m was most suitable. However, the highest sweetness of the fruit was with EC 2.0 dS/m. The interaction between media and EC levels was significant. Increasing EC level decreased weight of the fruit or fruit yield and increased dry weight of leaf and stem, chlorophyll content and sweetness of the fruit.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
Publisher: WFL Publisher
Keywords: Rock melon; Fruit weight; Electrical conductivity; Media.
Depositing User: Norhazura Hamzah
Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2013 03:16
Last Modified: 01 Sep 2015 04:28
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15740
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