Título

Use of organic substrates on the quality of watermelon seedlings

Autor

Benigno Rivera Hernández

Victor Hugo Quej Chi

Roberto Gutiérrez Burón

José Luis Andrade Torres

EUGENIO CARRILLO

Vianey González

CLAUDINA VILLARREAL

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Referencia de datos

datasetDOI/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-0536-20220303

Materias

CITRULLUS LANATUS - (AUTORES) CACAO HUSK - (AUTORES) VERMICOMPOST - (AUTORES) COCONUT FIBER - (AUTORES) BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA - (CTI) CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA - (CTI) BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) - (CTI) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL - (CTI) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL - (CTI)

Resumen o descripción

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a succulent fruit and vine-like plant that is cultivated in Mexico and it generates employment and currency for the country. However, there is the need to research what local organic substrates can substitute peat moss as a culture medium to produce watermelon seedlings of good quality and at low cost. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical and chemical properties of five local organic substrates as substitutes of the commercial substrate “Peat Moss”, for the production of seedlings of two watermelon cultivars, Sun Sweet and Jubilee. Five local organic substrates were studied: cacao husk, compost, vermicompost, bovine manure, coconut fiber and the commercial substrate “Peat Moss” as control. The response variables were percentage of germination, indicators of morphological quality and morphological quality indexes, stability of the clod, and relative efficiency of the local substrates. The best morphological indicators and morphological quality index of the seedlings were found with the substrates cacao husk and vermicompost, with a seedling quality similar to those obtained with the commercial substrate. Compost presented the lowest stability of the clod and relative efficiency. The substrates of cacao husk and vermicompost can substitute the commercial substrate “Peat Moss”, in addition to being easy to obtain and of low cost; so they are a viable alternative for rural farmers in the production of watermelon seedlings. © 2022, Sociedade de Olericultura do Brasil. All rights reserved.

Fecha de publicación

2022

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

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Recurso de información

http://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/2842

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Sugerencia de citación

RIVERA, B; QUEJ, VH; GUTIÉRREZ, R; ANDRADE, JL; CARRILLO, E; GONZÁLEZ, V; VILLARREAL, EC. 2022. Use of organic substrates on the quality of watermelon seedlings. Horticultura Brasileira 40: 261-267. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-0536-20220303

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