Growth of melon cultivated in coconut fiber under different concentrations of nutrient solution

10.14295/CS.v9i3.2736

Christiano Rebouças Cosme；Nildo da Silva Dias；Karen Mariany Pereira Silva；John Lenon Vasconcelos Fonteles；Marcelo Tavares Gurgel；Cleyton dos Santos Fernandes

Cucumis melo L. ； soilless cultivation ； substrate

Comunicata Scientiae

9卷3期（2018 / 09 / 01）

381 - 392

英文

To evaluate the effects of applying different concentrations of the nutrient solution macronutrients in growth of melon cultivated in coconut fiber it was conducted this experiment uses the 'Galia' melon (Cucumis melo L., hybrid Babilonia RZ F1). The experimental design was a randomized blocks utilizing five treatments, which corresponded to different concentrations of macronutrients in nutritive solutions (corresponding to different levels of nutrient solution macronutrients) based on the standard solution for the melon proposed by Furlani: 100 (control), 75, 50, 25, and 12.5%, applied in five replications. The concentration of 50% provided higher production of dry matter of the aerial part and leaf area. The absolute aerial part growth rate showed different tendencies for levels being that concentration of 50% produced the best results. The relative growth rate of the aerial part and assimilation rate of the aerial part decrease with time for all concentrations of the nutrient solutions tested.