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Continuing Table 6
Variety
Manure types
No. of
leaves
Vine
length
(cm)
No of
branches
No of
flowers
No of
fruits
No of
fruit
Rots
No of
Cracked
fruit
Fruit
length
Fruit
Diameter
Fruit
weight
(kg)
Charleston
Grey
Unmanure
1.81
2.32
2.35
1.03
1
1.41
0
21
34.3333 1.05
OrganoMineral1.9
2.35
3.59
1.01
1
1
0
28.5
37.5
1.5
NPK fertilizer 1.99
2.42
3.32
1.21
1.27
1.41
1
28.6667 43.3333 2.0167
Kaolac
Unmanure
1.81
2.22
2.99
1.13
1.24
1.27
1.4142
19
41.6667 1.1433
OrganoMineral1.63
2.29
2.06
0.92
1.27
1
0
19.3333 41.3333 1.1433
NPK fertilizer 1.85
2.38
3.7
1.11
1.27
1
1
24.5
49
1.84
Anderson
Unmanure
1.38
1.87
1.65
0.56
1.41
0
0
21
41
1.1
OrganoMineral1.69
2.19
3.06
0.89
1.41
1
0
24
51
2.28
NPK fertilizer -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sugarbaby
Unmanure
1.69
2.08
2.22
0.59
1
0
0
15.5
43
0.9
OrganoMineral1.55
2.06
2.64
0.67
1.41
0
0
21
45
1.38
NPK fertilizer 1.41
2.23
2.15
0.69
1
0
0
21
40.5
0.94
Table 7 Effects of variety on growth and yield characters of water melon (Late season crop)
Varieties
No. of
leaves
Vine
length (cm)
No of
branches
No of
flowers
No of fruits
No of fruit
Rots
No of
Cracked
fruit
Fruit length
Fruit
Diameter
Fruit weight
(kg)
Crimson
Sweet
2.08a
2.3a
3.611b
0.93a
1.14ab
0.33a
0.33b
22.33a
45.67b
1.634ab
Charleston
Grey
2.01a
2.3a
3.01ab
0.72a
1.25b
0.33a
0.00a
27.56a
40.6ab
2.100b
Kaolac
1.99a
2.2a
2.73ab
0.87a
1.26b
1.00c
0.33b
22.11a
36.67a
1.237a
Anderson 2.04a
2.3a
2.89ab
0.88a
1.04a
0.66b
0.00a
27.17a
40.6ab
1.222a
Sugarbaby 1.95a
2.3a
2.41a
0.72a
1.09ab
0.33a
0.66c
21.44a
43.0b
1.411a
Note: *values represent means of three replicates and are approximated to 3 decimal place; values of the same alphabet are not
significantly different from each other at P>0.05 or vice-versa
2.5 Effects of variety and manuring on chemical and proximate (nutritional) composition of watermelon
The results of chemical and proximate (nutritional) quality of watermelon for both rainy and late season crops as
affected by variety and manure types are presented in Tables 8 and Table 9.
Table 8 Effects of Manuring on growth and yield characters of water melon (Late season crop)
Manure
Type
No.
of
leaves
Vine length
(cm)
No
of
branches
No
of
flowers
No of fruits
No of fruit
Rots
No
of
Cracked
fruit
Fruit length
Fruit
Diameter
Fruit
weight (kg)
Control
1.983a
2.265a
2.803a
0.808a
1.159a
0.400b
0.400b
24.767a
41.133ab 1.797c
OMF
1.991a
2.287a
2.713a
0.744a
1.138a
1.000c
0.400b
22.933a
37.467a
1.146a
NPK
2.079a
2.341a
3.281a
0.920a
1.180a
0.200a
0.000a
24.667a
45.267b
1.620ab
Note: *values represent means of three replicates and are approximated to 3 decimal places; values of the same alphabet are not
significantly different from each other at P>0.05 or vice-versa
For the rainy season crop, NPK application produces increase in nitrogen content in Crimson Sweet and
Charleston Grey, compared to control, while Anderson, Kaolac and Sugarbaby highly responded to
