Produção e qualidade de melão rendilhado sob diferentes substratos em cultivo protegido

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Danilo Mesquita [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Castoldi, Renata [UNESP], de Oliveira Charlo, Hamilton Cesar, Galatti, Francine de Souza [UNESP], Braz, Leila Trevisan [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufersa.edu.br/revistas/index.php/sistema/article/view/2131; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/3422
• topic: Cucumis melo; Protected cultivation; Peanut shell; Crushed sugarcane; Coconut fiber

This paper aimed to evaluate the performance of hybrids of muskmelon on different substrates. Five substrates were evaluated: S(1) = coconut husk fiber, S(2) = sand; S(3) = 1/2 sand and 1/2 crushed of sugarcane, S(4) = 1/2 sand and 1/2 of peanut shell, and S(5) = 1/3 sand, 1/3 of crushed sugarcane and I of peanut shell and four hybrids of muskmelon (Bonus N(o). 2, Louis, Fantasy Jab and 2007 # 16). The plants were cultivated in plastic pots of 13 dm(3), which were filled with these substrates; they were arranged in plants spacing of 1,0 x 0,5 m between plants. The Fertirrigation was done by dripping, using a nutrient solution for the culture. The experimental design was a randomized blocks, in a 5 X 4 factorial design with four replications. The characteristics evaluated were: total production, average transverse and longitudinal diameter of fruit, fruit shape index; mesocarp thickness; average transverse and longitudinal diameter of the locule; index format locule; mass of fresh fruit; soluble solids, pH; titratable acidity; C vitamin; firmness of flesh; tracery of shell; and maturation index. The optimal substrate for muskmelon cultivation is a combination of 50% sand + 50% peanut shell. The hybrid Fantasy performed better compared to other hybrids.