Effect of no-prune on watermelon quality and yield
ZHU Yingchun
SUN Dexi
DENG Yun
LI Weihua
AN Guolin
LIU Junpu
Abstract：In order to study the effect of no-prune on watermelon quality and yield,four watermelon varieties were used as materials.The results showed that the marketable rate,cracking rate,667 m2 yield,soluble solid content and pericarp thickness of ‘Tedaxinkang No.9’,‘Zhengkangjüfeng’ and ‘Lüguan’ were found no significant difference under the two training methods with no-prune and 3 vines prune.But the single fruit weight with no-prune was significantly lower than that with 3 vines prune.The 667 m2 yield of ‘Tedaxinkang No.9’ was discovered the smallest difference under two training methods,which were 5 193.08 and 5 129.23 kg respectively.The soluble solid content of ‘Zhengkangjüfeng’ exhibited the smallest difference under two training methods,which were 10.70％ and 10.90％ respectively.The marketable rate of ‘ Daguoheimeiren’ was 85.5％ with no-prune which was significantly lower than that with 3 vines prune,and the other characters showed no significant difference.In conclusion,‘Tedaxinkang No.9’,‘Zhengkangjüfeng’ and ‘ Lüguan’ were suitable for promoting no-prune technique in the future.
Keywords：WatermelonNo-PruneYieldQuality
Publication Date：2017-11-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 15-17 )