Non-woven fabric and polyethylene as mulching and canopy materials for honeydew melon (Cucumis melo L.) production

Issue Date

10-2000

Abstract

Non-woven fabric and polyethylene were tested as mulching and canopy materials with or without trellis for the production of honeydew melon under tropical conditions during two wet seasons.

Melons mulched with non-woven fabric performed as well as those grown with polyethylene mulch. The combination of high tunnel and mulch of either non-woven fabric or polyethylene as well as high tunnel using non-woven fabric and trellis are also very promising for honeydew production. No significant differences in vine length during the early vegetative stage were observed, but longer vines were observed in plants under the canopy. Mulching alone regardless of the material used without the use of a canopy increased plant survival, decreased infection and increased yield of honeydew melon. A combination of mulch and canopy using NWF for both resulted in the least downy mildew infection with more uniform fruits and lesser blemishes. Trellising the melons in addition to mulching them and growing them under a canopy decreased downy mildew infection further, however, it yielded just as much as those grown under a canopy and trellised without mulching.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The (Formerly: The Philippine Agriculturist)

ISSN

0031-7454

Volume

83

Issue

4

Page

421-426

Document Type

Article

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Frequency

quarterly

Physical Description

tables; references

Language

English

Subject

non-woven fabric, mulching, honeydew melon, Cucumis melo L.

En – AGROVOC descriptors

WINTER MELONS; CUCUMIS MELO; NATURAL FABRICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE FILM; MULCHING; CANOPY; TRELLISES; CROP PRODUCTION; SOLUBLE CONCENTRATES; FRUIT GROWING; DOWNY MILDEWS; POSTHARVEST RIPENING; FRUIT QUALITY

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