naa a22 4500 510788602 CHVBK 20180411083311.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12298-013-0174-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12298-013-0174-6 Effect of heat treatment around the fruit set region on growth and yield of watermelon [ Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] [Elektronische Daten] [Jaejong Noh, Jeong Kim, Sameena Sheikh, So Lee, Jeong Lim, Moon Seong, Gi Jung] The present experiment was aimed to study the effect of imposing modulated temperature treatments 14°C and 18°C, around the fruiting region of watermelon plants, and to estimate the economic feasibility of the temperature treatments based on energy consumption for heating. Watermelon cultivar ‘Sambok-gul' was selected and sown on perlite beds in a plastic house under controlled conditions at Watermelon Farm, Jeongeup-Jeonbuk, longitude 35° 31′ 47.51N, 126° 48′48.84E, altitude 37m during the early spring season (2010-2011). The findings revealed that the temperature treatment at 18°C caused significant increase in weight (2.0kg plant−1), fruit weight (8.3kg plant−1), soluble solid content (11.5%), and fruit set rate (96.5%) at harvest stage. Higher contents of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions were observed in the 1st upper leaf of the fruit set node (79.3mg L−1) and the 1st lower leaf of the fruit set node (12.0mg L−1), respectively at 14°C. The power consumption and extra costs of the temperature treatment 18°C were suggested as affordable and in range of a farmer's budget (41.14 USD/22days). Hence, it was concluded that modulating temperature treatments could be utilized successfully to optimize the temperature range for enhancing the fruit yield and quality in the winter watermelon crops. Prof. H.S. Srivastava Foundation for Science and Society, 2013 Temperature nationallicence Electricity consumption nationallicence Yield nationallicence Soluble solid content nationallicence Ion content nationallicence Ca2+ : Calcium nationallicence Mg2+ : Magnesium nationallicence Noh Jaejong Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut Kim Jeong Specialization Crop Research Institute, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 567-807, Jinan, Republic of Korea aut Sheikh Sameena Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut Lee So Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut Lim Jeong Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut Seong Moon Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut Jung Gi Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants Springer India 19/4(2013-10-01), 509-514 0971-5894 19:4<509 2013 19 12298 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-013-0174-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-013-0174-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Noh Jaejong Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Jeong Specialization Crop Research Institute, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 567-807, Jinan, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sheikh Sameena Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee So Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lim Jeong Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seong Moon Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jung Gi Watermelon Experiment Station, Jeonbuk A.R.E.S, 585-863, Gochang, Republic of Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants Springer India 19/4(2013-10-01), 509-514 0971-5894 19:4<509 2013 19 12298 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer