Original scientific paper

INFLUENCEOF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY ON WATERMELON YIELD IN SOUTHWEST HERZEGOVINA

Elma Sefo ; Agronomski i prehrambeno - tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Zdravko Matotan ; Agronomski i prehrambeno - tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Zrinka Knezović ; Agronomski i prehrambeno - tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Adrijana Majić ; Agronomski i prehrambeno - tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Predrag Ivanković ; Agronomski i prehrambeno - tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Radica Ćorić ; Agronomski i prehrambeno - tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina

Abstract

Area of Herzegovina is by strong influence of Mediterranean climate what gives them competitiveness in early vegetable production. Warm climate with plenty of sunny days is suitable for watermelon production what can result in high yield and quality. Unfortunately average yield of watermelon in Herzegovina is still pretty low as consequence of bad crop rotation, low production technology and use of ungrafted transplants. Aim of this work was to research and implement in production the new watermelon production technology which can result with higher yield and earlier production when the price on the market is higher. During the 2008 at location Hodbina near Mostar field trials with watermelon hybrid Fantasy were done. Four production technologies were tested; growing on the black polyethylene mulch without cowering, cowering with transparent film and agrotextile and as a control variant growing on the
uncowered soil. In each technology grafted and ungrafted transplants are tested. Field trial was designed as random blocks with four replications. One year research using the grafted transplants has shown statistically significant higher average fruit weight and total yield, while fruit number and dry matter content didn’t shown any differences. Statistically significantly the highest number of fruits per plant and average fruit weight was obtained in growing technology in which watermelon was grown on black polyethylene mulch with transparent film cower, while the all obtained values was the lowest
in growing without cowering. Implementation of obtained results in commercial watermelon production will resulted by earlier production and higher yield what can improve the farmer’s profitability.

Keywords

watermelon; transplants; growing technology

Hrčak ID:

56758

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/56758

Publication date:

20.7.2010.

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