Abstract
Effects of the GA inhibitor ‘Uniconazole P’ were tested to decrease fruit cracking of the netted melon ‘Ams’ in open culture.
Application of 30 ppm Uniconazole P significantly decreased fruit cracking with the inhibition of shoot elongation.
Excessive fertilization with 20 kg/10 a nitrogen increased fruit cracking, but fruit cracking was obviously decreased with growth inhibition and increase of fruit weight following Uniconazole treatment. Further fertilization with 30 kg/10 a nitrogen, however, did not induce any growth inhibition and decreased fruit cracking by the same treatment.
