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Effects of Winter Cultivation of Green Manure Crop and Application of Organic Resources on Watermelon Yield and Soil Physico-chemical Properties in Greenhouse
Young-Sang Kim1*
,
Gon-Sig Yun1
,
Yu-Min Jeon1
,
Eun-Jeong Kim1
,
Sol-Ji Noh1
,
Sung-Won Park1
,
Tai-Il Kim1
,
Sung-Taek Hong1
1Chungcheongbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services
* Corresponding Author
30 November 2019. pp. 530-540
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Abstract

Organic cultivation is the key to how to efficiently produce agricultural products by using organic resources produced in nature. Use of organic resources enables stable production of agricultural products and is the basis of natural circulation farming methods by preserving agricultural environment. This study was conducted to develop organic watermelon cultivation technology by investigating the effect of winter cultivation of green manure crop and application of organic resources on the physico-chemical properties of soils for the production of organic watermelons. In the test, organic farms were used for cultivating green manure crop and non-cultivating green manure during winter break, and oil, mixed oil, poultry, and guano as organic resources. The growth characteristics of watermelon were higher in winter cultivation of green manure crop, such as stem diameter, leaf length, leaf width, and fresh weight than in the control (no crops). The fruit characteristics and yield of watermelon were significantly higher in winter cultivation of green manure crop than in the control, and the yield of watermelon was similar within organic resources. The soil chemistry have lower electrical conductivity (EC) and higher soil organic matter in winter cultivation of green manure crop and soil physical properties have lower bulk density and higher porosity in winter cultivation of green manure crop. These results showed that the cultivation of winter green crop in greenhouse and application of organic resources improved soil physicochemical properties and watermelon productivity.

Effect of winter cultivation of green crop and application of organic resources on the watermelon productivity.

Treatments (A) Organic Resources (B) Fruit weight Fruit width Fruit length Fruit thikness Sugar content Commodity rate Marketable Yield
kg ea-1 ----------------- cm ----------------- °Brix % kg 10a-1
Non-Green manure crop Oil cake 9.0c† 25.9b 29.8b 1.0a 11.2b 90.2b 6,079c
Mixed oil cake 9.3b 26.4ab 30.5ab 1.1a 11.4ab 90.7ab 6,294bc
Poultry manure 9.3b 26.0b 30.2ab 1.1a 11.4ab 90.9ab 6,348bc
Guano 9.4b 26.3ab 30.2a 1.1a 11.3ab 91.6a 6,439b
Average 9.3 26.2 30.2 1.1 11.3 90.9 6,290
Green manure crop Oil cake 9.7ab 26.0b 31.6ab 1.1a 11.3b 90.2b 6,565b
Mixed oil cake 10.0ab 26.5a 31.8a 1.1a 11.4ab 91.0a 6,814a
Poultry manure 10.3a 26.9a 32.2a 1.1a 11.5a 90.8ab 6,942a
Guano 10.4a 27.3a 31.4ab 1.1a 11.3ab 90.8ab 7,089a
Average 10.1 26.7 31.8 1.1 11.4 90.7 6,853
Significance
Two-way ANOVA A ** * * NS * * *
B NS * * NS * * *
A×B * NS NS NS NS NS NS

†Mean separation within columns by Duncan's multiple range test at p = 0.05.NS, *, **Nonsignificant or significant at p ≤0.05 or 0.01, respectively.

Keywords
Organic resources
Soil, Watermelon
Green manure crop

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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 52
  • No :4
  • Pages :530-540
  • Received Date : 2019-10-28
  • Revised Date : 2019-11-11
  • Accepted Date : 2019-11-14
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2019.52.4.530
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