الگوي ميوه نشيني و اثر قطع مريستم انتهايي بر روي ميوه دهي طالبي سمسوري ورامين

Fruit set pattern and effect of apical meristem removing on Iranian Samsoory cantaloupe fruiting

In order to study fruit set pattern and effect of apical meristem removing on the percentage of fruit setting of pistillate flowers, length of fruit setting period, rate of fruit growth and length of growth period of the fruit on samsoory cantaloupe, an experiment was carried out in the Research Station of Varamin, Iran. The results indicated that flowering and growth rate corresponded with the proposed pattern of MacGlasson and Harlan. Analysis of variance showed that the effect of apical meristem removing enhances the beginning of fruit set and shortens the growth period of the fruit, but has no effect on the length of the fruit setting period and percentage of fruit set of pistillate flowers. The number of fruit bearing branches were significantly among first to fourth nodes, the second and the third nodes showed maximum number of fruit setting branches.