EFFECT OF MAGNETICALLY TREATED WATER AND METHODS OF TRAINING ON SOME FRUITS SPECIFICATIONS OF THREE GENOTYPES OF MUSKMELON (Cucumis melo L.) UNDER PLASTICHOUSE CONDITION

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the nursery of new Baquba, Diractorafe of Diyala agriculture during the growing season in 2014, to study the effect of magnetically treated water and methods of training on some fruits specification for three muskmelon genotypes. The experment included 24 treatments is a combinations between the three muskmelon genotypes (RAND, NADA and IDEAL), two types of water (natural water and magnetically treated water at 3000 gauss) and four training methods (one stem, two stems, three stems and without pruining). The experiment was carried out according to Split –Split Plot in RCBD with three replicates. Significant differences between the means were tested accordance to the polynomial Duncan multiple rang test LSR at 0.05. The study results showed a significant effect for genotype on all fruits specification, while the magnetically treat and training methods had no significant effect on fruits specification. While the tri-interaction among the genotype and the quality of the water and the methods of training had siginifcant influence, while the genotype Rand plants irrigated with magnetically treated water and training on three stems gave the best fruit weight and fruit core diameter thickness, while genotype plants Ideal irrigated with natural water and trained on one stem gave means thickness of the fruit core. The same genotype plants (Nada) that irrigated with magnetically treated and trained on two stem gave less weight of placenta with the seeds.