Abstract:

At present, the cultivation method of single vine with one fruit per plant is popular in production of melons. In order to fully explore the production potential of the plant and improve yield and economic benefits, this experiment selected five varieties of melons for comparative experiments on the number of fruits left. Each variety was treated with one fruit left and two fruits left to compare the effects of the number of fruits left on the agronomic traits such as growth period, yield, and quality of melons, providing a theoretical basis for fruit management in the high-yield and high-efficiency cultivation process of melons. The results showed that under the traditional single vine pruning cultivation mode, the harvest peroid was shorter, single fruit weight and commodity quality of medium and large size melons with one fruit left were better, so it was suggested to cultivate with one fruit left during production.

Key words: melon, fruit number, yield, quality