The Effect of Different Growing Media on Physical Morphology of Rockmelon (Cucumis Melo Linn cv. Glamour) Seedling
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53797/agrotech.v1i1.3.2022Keywords:
Growing media, Black Soil, Perlite, Burnt Rice Husk, CocopeatAbstract
Rockmelon (Cucumis melo L.) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, which can adapt to various soil and climate areas, especially in Malaysia. The production of rockmelon in Malaysia has highly declined, and for this reason, farmers have opted to use the concept of soilless cultivation due to it benefits accrued from soilless media such as cocopeat, perlite, and burnt rice husk. The study was carried out to determine the effect of different growing media on the physical morphology of rockmelon seedlings. This experiment was set up using RCBD arrangements with four replications. Different growing media used were: (i) 100% Black Soil (BS), (ii) 75% cocopeat + 15% burnt rice husk + 10% perlite (M1) and (iii) 75% cocopeat + 20% burnt rice husk + 5% perlite (M2). The parameters measured were plant height, number of leaves and total leaves area, and stem girth. The data were collected within two weeks after transplanting. The parameters measured were subjected to ANOVA and LSD was applied to compare means. In this study, rockmelon seedlings treated on BS showed significantly (P<0.001) the highest plant height, number of leaves per plant, and total leaves area and stem girth. Seedlings on soilless M1, however, grew in slightly good conditions, as it showed the insignificantly higher values on morphological parameters measured. Thus, BS is still suitable for better use of media for 15 days old rockmelon seedlings (after transplanting). It gives the optimum conditions for adapting seedlings to the new exposure environment.
Downloads
References
Asaduzzaman, K., Khandaker, M. U., Amin, Y. M., & Mahat, R. (2015). Uptake and distribution of natural radioactivity in rice from soil in north and west part of peninsular Malaysia for the estimation of ingestion dose to man. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 76, 85-93.
Balasubramanian, G., Udayasoorian, C., & Prabu, P. C. (2007). Effects of short-term exposure of simulated acid rain on the growth of Acacia nilotica. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 19, 198-206.
Cantliffe, D. J., Castellanos, J. Z., & Paranjpe, A. V. (2007). Yield and quality of greenhouse-grown strawberries as affected by nitrogen level in coco coir and pine bark media. Proceedings of Florida State Horticultural Society, 120, 157-161.
Crombi, D. S., & Tippett, J. T. (1990). A comparison of water relations, visual symptoms, and changes in stem girth for evaluating impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback on Eucalyptus marginata. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 20(2), 233-240.
Elmahdi, S., Kadir, J., Mohamed, M. T. M., Vadamalai, G., & Akter, S. (2015). Isolation, screening and characterization of effective microbes with potential for biological control of fusarium wilt of rockmelon. World Journal of Agricultural Research, 3(1), 11-16.
Inden, H., & Torres, A. (2004). Comparison of four substrates on the growth and quality of tomatoes. Acta Horticultureae, 644, 205-210. http://www.doi.org10.17660/Acta Hortic.2004.644.27.
Hamdan, M. N., & Shafar, J. M. (2017). Effect of water irrigation techniques on growth and yield of rock melon (Cucumis melo Linn cv. Glamour). Advances in Plant Science and Technology, 80.
Kanai, S., Ohkura, K., Adu-Gyamfi, J. J., Mohapatra, P. K., Nguyen, N. T., Saneoka, H., & Fujita, K. (2007). Depression of sink activity precedes the inhibition of biomass production in tomato plants subjected to potassium deficiency stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58, 2917–2928.
Kumari, S., Pradhan, P., Yadav, R., & Kumar, S. (2018). Hydroponic techniques: A soilless cultivation in agriculture. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 1, 1886-1891.
Putra, P. A., & Yuliando, H. (2015). Soilless culture system to support water use efficiency and product quality: A review. Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, 3, 283-288.
Sankhalkar, S., Komarpant, R., Dessai, T. R., Simoes, J., & Sharma, S. (2019). Effects of soil and soil-less culture on morphology, physiology and biochemical studies of vegetable plants. Current Agriculture Research Journal, 7(2), 181.
Shafeek, M. R, Aisha, H. A., Asmaa, R. M, Magda, M. H., & Fatma, A. R. (2015). Improving growth and productivity of Garlic plant (Allium sativum L) as affected by the addition of organic manure and humic acid levels in sandy soil condition. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 4(9), 644-656.
Singandhupe, R. B., Rao, G. G. S. N., Patil, N. G., & Brahmanand, P. S. (2003). Fertigation studies and irrigation scheduling in drip irrigation system in tomato crop (Lycopersicon esculentum L.). European Journal of Agronomy, 19(2), 327-340.
Shinde, U. R., Firake, N. N., Dhotery, R. S., & Banker, M. C. (1999). Effect of micro irrigation systems and mulches on microclimate factors and development of crop coefficient models for summer chilli. Journal of Maharashtra Agricultural Universities, 24(1), 72-75.
Villanueva, M. J., Tenorio, M. D., Esteban. M. A., & Mendoza, M. C. (2004). Compositional changes during ripening of two cultivars of muskmelon fruits. Food Chemistry, 87, 179-185.
Yetisir, H., Caliskan, M. E., Soylu, S., & Sakar, M. (2006). Some physiological and growth responses of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] grafted onto Lagenaria siceraria to flooding. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 58(1-3), 1-8.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 arsvot
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
