Effect of Nitrogen Doses and Preculture of Plant Species on Watermelon Culture

Da Silva Carmo, Ignácio Lund Gabriel and De Medeiros, Roberto Dantas and Da Silva, Edmilson Evangelista and Chagas, Edvan Alves and De Albuquerque, José de Anchieta Alves and Melo Gonçalves, Anderson Carlos de and Soares da Silva, Edgley and Tadashi Sakazaki, Roberto and Luiza Grigio, Maria and De Oliveira, Eduardo Medeiros (2019) Effect of Nitrogen Doses and Preculture of Plant Species on Watermelon Culture. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 37 (2). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2457-0591

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Abstract

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the best crop succession strategy and nitrogen dose for irrigated watermelon cultivation in the cerrado of Roraima.

Experimental Design: The experimental design was a randomized complete block design, arranged in a split-plot scheme, with four replications.

Place and Duration of Study: Two experiments were conducted (2014/2015 and 2015/2016 growing seasons), with the ‘Crimsom Sweet’ watermelon cultivar, grown under different N doses in succession to cover crop species, at the experimental field “Água Boa”, belonging to Embrapa Roraima, located in the municipality of Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil.

Methodology: The three plots consisted of cultivating watermelon in succession to: maize intercropped with pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), Brachiaria (Urochloa ruziziensis) and control with natural vegetation. The subplots consisted of four doses of nitrogen (0, 75, 150 and 225 kg ha-1 of N) applied in the watermelon culture. The following variables were evaluated: average fruit weight, number of fruits per hectare, number of fruits per hectare with a mass between 5 and 10 kg, number of fruits per hectare with mass greater than 10 kg, productivity, soluble solids content, pH and titratable acidity.

Results: The pigeon pea provided an increase in the number of fruits per hectare with mass ≥ 10 kg and in productivity. Nitrogen doses between 118 and 124 kg ha-1 produced the highest number of fruits, number of fruits with mass ≥ 10 kg and higher soluble solids content.

Conclusion: Fruit quality was influenced by the year of cultivation, predecessor cover crop species and the N doses. Pigeon pea and U. ruziziensis favor the availability of nitrogen in the soil for the following crop in succession.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Science Global Plos > Agricultural and Food Science
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Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2023 07:08
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:57
URI: http://ebooks.manu2sent.com/id/eprint/487

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