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Changes in Growths of Tomato and Grafted Watermelon Seedlings and Allometric Relationship among Growth Parameters as Affected by Night Temperature  

Kang, Yun-Im (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Kwon, Joon-Kuk (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Park, Kyoung-Sub (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Choi, Hyo-Gil (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Choi, Gyeong-Lee (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Lee, Si-Young (Vegetable Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Cho, Myeong-Whan (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Kim, Dae-Young (Director General for Olanning & Coordination, Rural Development Administration)
Kang, Nam-Jun (Dept. of Horticulture, Gyeongsang National Univ.(Insti. of Agric. & Life Sci.))
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Journal of agriculture & life science / v.45, no.6, 2011 , pp. 9-19 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of night temperature on tomato and grafted watermelon seedlings, particularly, shoot height, leaf area, stem diameter, and total dry weight and relationship among the growth parameters which are used to evaluate healthy seedling. Plants were grown at 10, 15, and $20^{\circ}C$. Leaf area index (LAI) and total dry weight of tomato seedlings weight deceased more significantly under $10^{\circ}C$ than other night temperature regimes. In grafted watermelon seedlings, shoot height increased shapely and stem diameter decreased under $20^{\circ}C$. Increasing the integral temperature, leaf area of tomato seedlings under $10^{\circ}C$ decreased and shoot height of grafted watermelon seedlings increased although temperature integrals are same. The relationships among the growth parameter were changed upon the night temperature. Stem diameters of tomato seedlings had upward tendency with increase of shoot height, but there were no significant differences among night temperature regimes. Shoot hight of grafted watermelon seedlings had no relationship with shoot height. These results indicate that shoot height and stem diameter of tomato seedlings is not appropriate for assessing seedlings quality but shoot height of grafted watermelon seedlings with stem diameter is available.
Keywords
Leaf area index; Seedling quality; Shoot height; Stem diameter; Total dry weight;
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