Triploid Watermelon and Cantaloupe Variety Trials---2015 Wenjing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Triploid Watermelon and Cantaloupe Variety Trials---2015 Wenjing Guan Dennis Nowaskie Daniel S. Egel Horticulture Specialist Superintendent Plant Pathologist Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center Vincennes, IN, 47591 Presented at 2015 Southwest Indiana Melon and Vegetable Growers Annual Winter Technical Meeting December 3, 2015

Materials and Methods  Cantaloupe: 11 varieties; Triploid watermelon: 35 varieties  Fertilizer Fertilizer Rate (lb/acre) Urea (46-0-0) 300 Potassium chloride (0-0-60) 200 Diammonium phosphate (18-46-0) 100 Boron 14.3% 7 Pelletized lime 200  Density Cantaloupe: Bed spacing 6 ft, in-row spacing 2.5 ft Watermelon: Bed spacing 8 ft, in-row spacing 4 ft. Pollenizer ‘SP-6’, interplanted between every two triploid plants  Planting and Harvesting dates Transplanting: May 14 Harvesting: cantaloupe (July 15 to July 31, 8 times); Watermelon (July 28, Aug 4, Aug 13)  Experimental design Randomized complete block design, 3 blocks Cantaloupe: 22 plants per variety per plot; Watermelon: 12 triploid watermelons per variety per plot

Climacteric information during production season Precipitation (in) Mean temperature (°F) average 2015 average 2015 77 77 7.44 76 74 74 74 5.93 4.64 4.19 68 3.41 3.23 3.07 65 1.85 May June July August May June July August

Yield (lb/acre) of cantaloupe varieties on each harvest date, 2015 Average yield among cultivars was 36,190 lb/acre 50000 a ab 45000 abc abc 40000 bcd bcd bcd 35000 cd cd cd 30000 d 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Aphrodite Athena Durawest Eclipse Infinite Gold Maxi East ME 7048 Nun 26367- Samoa Sweet East Wrangler (Num 3507 26147) 15-Jul 17-Jul 20-Jul 22-Jul 24-Jan 27-Jul 29-Jul 31-Jul

Yield (number of fruit/acre) of cantaloupe varieties on each harvest date, 2015 8000 a 7000 ab ab abc 6000 bcd bcd bcd bcd cd 5000 cd d 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 Aphrodite Athena Durawest Eclipse Infinite Gold Maxi East ME 7048 Nun 26367- Samoa Sweet East Wrangler (Nun 26147) 3507 15-Jul 17-Jul 20-Jul 22-Jul 24-Jan 27-Jul 29-Jul 31-Jul

Distribution of the number of fruit in weight categories Mean fruit weight (lb) of cantaloupe varieties 9 a ab 8 bc bc cd cd cd cd 7 d 6 e 5 f 4 3 2

Total soluble solids (°Brix) of cantaloupe varieties Flesh firmness (lbs-force) of cantaloupe varieties 9 11 10.5 8.5 10 9.5 8 9 8.5 7.5 8 7 7.5 7 6.5 6.5 6 6

10,000.00 20,000.00 30,000.00 40,000.00 50,000.00 60,000.00 70,000.00 80,000.00 0.00 Captivation Cut Above Exclamation Fascination Yield (lb/acre) of triploid watermelon varieties on each harvest date, 2015 KB 10770 KB 12106 Kingman Lucille Maxima Neptune NUN 31208 NUN 6177 NUN 7197 Poseidon Premont Razorback Savannah SV0241WA SV0258WA SV2757WA SV7018WA SV7112WA 28-Jul SV8298WA Sweet Dawn Talca Traveler Triple Crown 4-Aug Tri-X 313 Tri-X Palomar UGR 131712 Unbridled 13-Aug Warrior WDL 0409 Wolverine 7015

14 Total soluble solids (°Brix) 13 12 11 10 9 8

10,000.00 20,000.00 30,000.00 40,000.00 50,000.00 60,000.00 70,000.00 80,000.00 0.00 Captivation Cut Above Exclamation Fascination Yield (lb/acre) of triploid watermelon varieties on each harvest date, 2015 KB 10770 KB 12106 Kingman Lucille Maxima Neptune NUN 31208 NUN 6177 NUN 7197 Poseidon Premont Razorback Savannah SV0241WA SV0258WA SV2757WA SV7018WA SV7112WA 28-Jul SV8298WA Sweet Dawn Talca Traveler Triple Crown 4-Aug Tri-X 313 Tri-X Palomar UGR 131712 Unbridled 13-Aug Warrior WDL 0409 Wolverine 7015

Distribution of the number of fruit in weight categories

30 Percent Fusarium Wilt (%) 25 20 15 10 5 0

Acknowledgements Seed companies Angie Thompson Barbara Joyner Bill Davis Curtis Marchino Larry Sutterer