THE EFFECT OF NITROGEN LEVELS AND INTRA-ROW SPACING ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF WATER MELON (Citrullus lanatus Thumb Mansf.)

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dc.contributor.authorMAJIA, UMAR MOHAMMED
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-11T07:57:17Z
dc.date.available2014-11-11T07:57:17Z
dc.date.issued1999-08
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the post-graduate school Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of degree of master of Science in Agronomy. Department of Agronomy Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello Univeristy, Zaria. Nigeria. August, 1999en_US
dc.description.abstractAn experiment was conducted at the National Horticultural Research Institute Farm Bagauda, Kadawa (11o39'N,8°02'E) in the Northern Guinea Savanna Ecological zone during 1992/93 dry season to determine the effect of varying nitrogen levels and intra-row spacing on the growth and yield of water melon (Citrullus lunatus Thumb.) under irrigation. Treatments tested consisted of three levels of nitrogen fertilizer (0,30 and 60kgN/ha) and four intra-row plant spacings, (1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5m) arranged in randomised complete block design (RCBD) and replicated three times. The results showed that increase in nitrogen levels increased the leaf number - of plant, leaf area, days to 50 percent flowering, total fruit yield per hectare, mean fruit weight and 100-seed weight. Increasing the intra-row spacing from 1.0 to 2.5m significantly increased leaf number per plant, leaf area, days to fruit maturity, fruit size, fruit (total and marketable) yield per hectare and seed weight per fruit. The highest fruit yield of 68.6t/ha was obtained from the spacing of 2.5m and nitrogen rate of 60kgN/ha.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5601
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectNITROGEN,en_US
dc.subjectINTRA-ROW,en_US
dc.subjectSPACING,en_US
dc.subjectWATER MELON,en_US
dc.subjectCitrullus,en_US
dc.subjectlanatus,en_US
dc.subjectThumb Mansfen_US
dc.titleTHE EFFECT OF NITROGEN LEVELS AND INTRA-ROW SPACING ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF WATER MELON (Citrullus lanatus Thumb Mansf.)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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