Effects of elicitor treatments on leaf diseases and fruit quality of melon
NAI Xiao-ying
CHEN Nian-lai
QIAO Chang-ping
HU Min
Abstract：The effects of treatments with several plant extracts and BTH on leaf diseases and fruit size and quality of melon were studied with disease resistant cultivar Yindi and susceptible cultivar Kalakesai. The results showed that all treatments had significant inhibitory effect on the incidence of various melon leaf diseases,particularly to powdery mildew with preven-tion effect of 75%. Among all the chemicals, BTH was more stable than others on effectiveness to various diseases,averaging 51.44%. And its preventive effects at vine running and fruit development stages were better than those of plant extraets. Treatments with revulsants before harvesting can notably increase the melon yield and fruit size ,soluble solids and flesh firm-ness. The effect of indueers on yield of Yindi was more remarkable than that of Kalakesai; however,the effect on soluble solids content of Kalakesai was more than that of Yindi.
Keywords：Cucumis melon L.ElicitorsDisease controlFruit yield and quality
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 99-104 )