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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2020.29.4.388

Characteristics of Growth, Yield, and Physiological Responses of Small-Sized Watermelons to Different Soil Moisture Contents Affected by Irrigation Starting Point in a Plastic Greenhouse  

Huh, Yoon-Sun (Department of Crop Research, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Kim, Eun-Jeong (Watermelon Research Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Noh, Sol-Ji (Watermelon Research Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Jeon, Yu-Min (Watermelon Research Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Park, Sung-Won (Watermelon Research Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Yun, Geon-Sig (Watermelon Research Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Kim, Tae-Il (Watermelon Research Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Kim, Young-Ho (Department of Crop Research, Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.29, no.4, 2020 , pp. 388-398 More about this Journal
Abstract
Watermelon yield mainly depends on soil water content controlled by irrigation in a plastic greenhouse. In this study, we investigated the effect of different soil moisture contents affected by irrigation starting point on growth, yield, and physiological responses of small-sized watermelons. Irrigation was initiated at 5 different levels of soil water content as a starting point with soil moisture detecting sensor after 14 days of transplanting, and stopped at 7 ~ 10 days before harvest. These treatments were compared with the conventional periodic irrigation as control. When soil had the lowest moisture content (-50 kPa), the overall shoot growth was retarded, but the root length and root dry weight increased. The photosynthetic parameters (photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, and transpiration rate) of watermelon leaves decreased significantly in the lowest soil moisture content (-50 kPa). On the other hand, the photosynthetic rates of watermelon leaves grown with irrigation starting point between -20 and -40 kPa were observed to be higher than those of other treatments. Fruit set rate and marketable fruit yield increased significantly at -30 kPa and -40 kPa. Proline, abscisic acid (ABA), total phenol and citrulline, which are known to contribute to stress tolerance under drought condition, increased as soil water content decreased, particularly, the largest increases were recorded at -50 kPa. From these results, it was found that an appropriate water supply adjusted with an irrigation starting point between -30 and -40 kPa could help to keep favorable soil water content during the cultivation of small-sized watermelons, promoting the marketable fruit production as well as inducing the vigorous plant growth and reproductive development.
Keywords
ABA; citrulline; marketable fruit yield; phenolic compound; proline; small-sized watermelon; water stress;
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