Melon (Cucumis melo L.) has an estimated world production of 31 million tons and a cultivated area of approximately 1.3 million hectares (FAO, 2018). In Brazil, the states of Bahia, Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte are the main producers, with 80% of the cultivated area of the latter two destined for export (Kist et al., 2021). These producing states ...
The scarcity of surface water has led to the use of underground sources as an alternative for crop irrigation by farmers in semi-arid regions. However, these water sources generally have high salinity, which prevents agricultural production. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of pre- germination treatments with plant growth re...
An efficient organic cultivation can be a viable strategy to enhance the sustainability of the melon production chain. This study aimed to assess the physiological and productive responses, as well as the post-harvest quality, of melon fruits, as a function of biofertilizer doses. The experiment followed a randomized blocks design, in a split-plot ...
Soil management systems, including tillage and green manuring, are important for the control of nematodes and for the sustainable production. The objective was to select, through multivariate analysis, sustainable agroecosystems for yellow melon cultivated under irrigated conditions in the Brazilian semi-arid region. The long-term experiment is set...
This research studied the genetic control of the traits related to melon fruit quality. The F1, F2, BC1, BC2 generations from the OL x A-16 and OL x PV crossings were evaluated in two separate trials conducted in randomized blocks with three replications. The evaluated traits were: average fruit weight, shape index, pulp thickness, pulp firmness, s...
Biological control is an environmentally safe alternative in the management of nematodes. The selection of new biocontrol agents has focused on the potential of Bacillus species in in vitro and in vivo studies. In this study, twenty-three local Bacillus isolates were characterised and evaluated for metabolisable carbon source, secondary metabolite ...
Melon is one of the most exported fruits from Brazil. The leafminer fly, Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae), is one of the major problems that negatively interfere in the productivity increase in this crop. Chemical control is the most adopted method for this pest; however, producers have reported reduced susceptibility to insecti...
Este trabalho, objetivou-se avaliar o acúmulo de fitomassa e a exportação de nutrientes em meloeiro amarelo (cv. Gladial).
Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o acúmulo de micronutrientes em melão amarelo (Cucumis melo L.) (cv. Gladial) no Semiárido.
