Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Effect of deficit irrigation rates, cultivars and rootstocks on flesh thickness (cm) and seed cavity diameter of fruit for cantaloupe plants during 2015 and 2016 seasons

From: Utilization of grafting technique for sustaining cantaloupe productivity and quality under deficit irrigation water

		Flesh thickness (cm)								Seed cavity diameter (g)
		First season (2015)				Second season (2016)				First season (2015)				Second season (2016)
cv.	Rootstock	100%	75%	50%	Mean	100%	75%	50%	Mean	100%	75%	50%	Mean	100%	75%	50%	Mean
Veleta	Cobalt	4.1^B	3.2^D	2.5^FG	3.2bc	3.9^BC	3.7^CD	3.0^GHI	3.6a	3.80^B-E	5.02^A	4.94^A	4.58a	4.67^AB	4.57^AB	4.46^AB	4.57ab
	Strong-Tosa	2.9^DE	3.0^D	2.5^FG	2.8c	3.3^EFG	2.8^IJ	2.3^K	2.8c	4.90^A	4.00 ^A-E	3.10^E	4.00ab	5.23^A	4.57^AB	3.39^CD	4.40b
	Non-grafted	3.5^C	2.7^EF	2.4^G	2.9c	3.3^FE	2.8^I	2.5^JK	2.9bc	3.60^CDE	4.30^A-D	3.17^E	3.69b	5.03^A	4.67^AB	2.88^D	4.19b
	Mean	3.5b	3.0c	2.5d		3.5a	3.1b	2.6c		4.10a	4.44a	3.73b		4.98a	4.60a	3.58a
Mean of Veleta cv.		3.0 B				3.1 B				4.09 A				4.39 A
Ideal	Cobalt	3.9^B	3.6^C	3.1^D	3.5^ab	3.9^BC	3.5^DE	2.7^IJ	3.4ab	4.47^ABC	4.77^AB	4.70^AB	4.64a	5.17^A	5.33^A	5.03^A	5.18a
	Strong-Tosa	4.4^A	4.2^AB	3.1^D	3.9^a	4.3^A	4.2^AB	2.9^HI	3.8a	3.63^CDE	3.33^DE	3.77^CDE	3.58b	4.17^AB	3.47^CD	4.43^AB	4.02b
	Non-grafted	3.5^C	3.1^D	2.6^FG	3.0^bc	3.4^EF	3.2^FGH	2.5^JK	3.0bc	4.40^ABC	4.37^ABC	3.27^E	4.01ab	4.07^BC	4.40^AB	3.43^CD	4.10b
	Mean	3.9a	3.6ab	2.9c		3.9a	3.6a	2.7c		4.17a	4.16a	3.91a		4.62a	4.40a	4.30a
Mean of Ideal cv.		3.5 A				3.4 A				4.08 A				4.57 A
		Rootstocks and water levels
Cobalt		3.9a	3.4b	2.7c	3.4A	3.9a	3.6ab	2.8de	3.5A	4.13abc	4.89a	4.82a	4.61A	4.92a	4.95a	4.75ab	4.87A
Strong-Tosa		3.7ab	3.6ab	2.8c	3.3A	3.8ab	3.5ab	2.6de	3.3B	4.27ab	3.67bcd	3.43cd	3.79B	4.88a	4.02bc	3.91c	4.21B
Non-grafted		3.5b	2.9c	2.5c	3.0B	3.3bc	3.0cd	2.5e	2.9C	4.00bc	4.33ab	3.22d	3.85B	4.55 abc	4.53abc	3.16d	4.35B
Mean		3.7A	3.3B	2.7C		3.7A	3.4B	2.7C		4.13A	4.30A	3.82B		4.80A	4.50AB	3.94B

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