Effects of Air Quality on Growth, Yield, and Quality of Watermelon

Autor:	Richard G. Snyder, Michael Simini, Gerald E. Wilcox, R.A. Reinert, James E. Simon
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Ozone Citrullus lanatus biology Horticulture biology.organism_classification Crop chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Yield (wine) Air treatment Sugar Air quality index Sulfur dioxide
Zdroj:	HortScience. 26:1045-1047
ISSN:	2327-9834 0018-5345
DOI:	10.21273/hortsci.26.8.1045
Popis:	Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai cv. Sugar Baby, were grown in the field as a fall crop in open-top chambers (OTC) in southwestern Indiana with either charcoal-filtered (CF) or nonfiltered (NF) air. Ozone and sulfur dioxide were continuously monitored in OTC and ambient air. There was a significant decrease in marketable yield by weight (19.9%, P = 0.05), percentage of marketable fruit by number (20.8%, P = 0.10), and total yield by weight (21.5%, P = 0.05) from plants grown in the NF air treatment compared with those grown in CF air. Ozone-induced foliar injury was significantly greater on plants grown under NF conditions. Ambient concentrations of 03 in southwestern Indiana caused foliar injury (P = 0.10) and significant yield loss to a fall crop of watermelons.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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