Comparative Analysis of Seedless Watermelon Accessions Performance Under the Agro-Ecological Conditions of Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan

• Authors: Tahir Yab Khan , Ali Shah , Muqaddas Rashid , Bahar Ali , Shamroza Ejaz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Global watermelon production surged in 2023, with China dominating. Russia's production lags, despite its potential. A field experiment was conducted at the field of Layyah, Pakistan during the period from 2021 to 2022 to study the response of different varieties seedless watermelon under agro-ecological conditions of Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan. The experiment considered of V1 = Zhong Kong Wuzi, V2 = Red Viag, V3 = Gallen Greherd, V4 = Zhong Kong 863, V5 = Zhong Kong No. 7, V6 = Zhers Kong SAS, V7 = Xiaobao wuzhu and V8 = Hongtal Yangerhau. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Data was collected on days taken to start of germination, vine length (cm), internodal distance (cm), number of branches, days taken to first flower, number of female flowers, number of male flowers, number of fruits per vine, average fruit weight (kg), fruit width (cm), fruit length(cm), rind thickness (mm) and yield per vine (kg). A statistically significant variation was recorded in terms of all the characters related to growth and yield of seedless Watermelon. The better results were obtained in vine length (cm), maximum inter nodal length, was observed in V1 = Zhong Kong Wuzi as compared to all other varieties. Moreover, maximum number of branches, female flowers, number of melons per vine and maximum average fruit weight (kg) was also observed in this Chinese variety Zhong Kong Wuzi under agro-ecological conditions of Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan.

Keywords

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Agro-ecological conditions; Arid areas; Climate challenges; Seedless watermelon; Varietal performance

Discipline

• HORTICULTURE: HORTICULTURE

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 316-331

Contributors

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Tahir Yab Khan

• Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ghazi University, D.G. Khan, Pakistan

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Ali Shah

• Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

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Muqaddas Rashid

• Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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Bahar Ali

• Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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Shamroza Ejaz

• Department of Botany, Faculty of Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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