Melon yield and quality under management with increasing water salinity

Authors

  • Cícero Pereira Cordão Terceiro Neto Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Emater), Cabedelo, PB, Brasil.
  • Hans Raj Gheyi Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Núcleo de Engenharia de Água e Solo, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brasil.
  • José Francismar de Medeiros Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido (Ufersa), Departamento de Ciências Ambientais e Tecnológicas, Mossoró, RN, Brasil.
  • Nildo da Silva Dias Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido (Ufersa), Departamento de Ciências Ambientais e Tecnológicas, Mossoró, RN, Brasil.
  • Marcos de Sousa Campos Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido (Ufersa), Departamento de Ciências Ambientais e Tecnológicas, Mossoró, RN, Brasil.

Keywords:

Cucumis melo L., saline stress, environmental impact.

Abstract

In semi-arid regions, irregular rainfall and scarcity of good quality water contribute to the use of saline water for irrigation. In this context, this study aimed to investigate the effects of saline water use in the yield and quality of melon fruits. Treatments consisted of two melon cultivars (Sancho - C1 and Medellín - C2) irrigated with low (S1 = 0.61 dS m-1) and high (S2 = 4.78 dS m-1) salinity water levels, for each phenological stage. The experimental design was split-plot randomized blocks, with six irrigation management strategies and two cultivars (6x2), with four replications. The results showed that the total and commercial number of fruits were influenced by the saline water management strategies. The irrigation management with good quality water, during two days, followed by saline water, for one day, enabled the commercial production of melon, with a reduction of 33% in the good quality water use.

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Published

2013-11-11

How to Cite

TERCEIRO NETO, C. P. C.; GHEYI, H. R.; MEDEIROS, J. F. de; DIAS, N. da S.; CAMPOS, M. de S. Melon yield and quality under management with increasing water salinity. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 43, n. 4, p. 354–362, 2013. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/21146. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

Issue

v. 43, n. 4, Oct./Dec. 2013

Section

Biosystems Engineering

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