Earlier harvest and productivity of melon under ethephon solutions

Authors

  • Iarajane Nascimento Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Renato Innecco Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Sebastião Filho Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Vitor Oliveira Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical

Keywords:

Cucumis melo L., ethylene, productivity.

Abstract

This experiment was carried out with the objective to evaluate the ethephon effect on melon precocious harvest. A field trial was conducted at Flamengo farm, in Mossoró-RN, Brazil. The experimental design was the completely randomized blocks, with five replications. The traits were: different etephon solutions pH levels (7.0; 9.0 and 11.0) and the control. Three applications were given, one for each three days period. The Ethrel concentration used was 0.2 ml.L-1. The evaluated characteristics were: average number of fruits, average weight of fruits and total yield. Ethephon application, independent of the solution pH levels, provided high melon fruits number and productivity, but didn’t affect the fruit weight.

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Published

2008-11-24

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 3 (2005)

Section

Crop Science

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How to Cite

NASCIMENTO, Iarajane; INNECCO, Renato; FILHO, Sebastião; OLIVEIRA, Vitor. Earlier harvest and productivity of melon under ethephon solutions. Revista Ciência Agronômica, [S. l.], v. 36, n. 3, 2008. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufc.br/revistacienciaagronomica/article/view/83646. Acesso em: 29 mar. 2026.