Effect of biocharand ameliorant on yield and quality of watermelon (Citrulluslanatus)
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- 10.2991/iccte-16.2016.196How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- ameliorant, peanut-shell biochar, watermelon, yield, quality
- Abstract
Application of biochar(BC)and biochar-based ameliorant (BCA) to agricultural soilhasbeen proved to exert bene cialeffects onsoilfertility and crop yield.However,little information is available about theirinfluencesonfruit quality. WeinvestigatedtheeffectofBC or BCAon Watermelon(Citrulluslanatus)growth andqualityin a eldexperiment in Ningxia. BC applicationsignificantlydecreasedthe fresh biomass of shoot by 45.7%. BCA dramatically decreased the fruit yieldof watermelon by 20.7% compared with that of CK. Both of BC and BCA had noinfluence on the sweetness and rind thickness of watermelon.Thelack of signi cant differencebetween biochar treatments andcontrolsfortoughness of peel and pulp was noted. These observations are useful for screening desired BC and BCA to produce positiveeffects on both of yield and quality of watermelon.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xiaowei Zhai AU - Hefang Wang AU - Lei Chen AU - Hao Zheng PY - 2016/01 DA - 2016/01 TI - Effect of biocharand ameliorant on yield and quality of watermelon (Citrulluslanatus) BT - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Civil, Transportation and Environment PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1119 EP - 1122 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccte-16.2016.196 DO - 10.2991/iccte-16.2016.196 ID - Zhai2016/01 ER -