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Effects of Nitrogen on Melon (Citrillus lanatus) at Ibadan, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

E. A. Ogunremi
E. A. Ogunremi
Affiliation:
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, University of Ife, PMB 5029, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Summary

Three experiments testing the effects of nitrogen on melon showed significant varietal differences. Nitrogen increased yields by increasing fruits/plant, seeds/fruit and seed weight, had no effect on fruit weight, size and husk, and increased leaf area through leaf number and leaf size. Fruit growth coincided with a rapid decline in leaf area, indicating that the mottled green fruits contributed appreciable assimilates towards their own growth. The implications of the findings, and the inefficiency of the crop in seed formation, are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 357 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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