Muskmelon [Cucumis melo L.] being a warm season crop grown in tropic regions throughout the world for its unique taste and flavour and consumed as a dessert. The major growing states in India are Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh etc. It thrives best in sandy loamy texture soils and the desired temperature is 20-25 0C. About 1.5-2 kg seeds are enough for one-hectare area. Seeds are sown in pits (60 cm x 60 cm x 45 cm) at a distance of 150-200 cm between channels and 60-90 cm between hills. Recommended doses of manures and fertilizers should be applied. Harvesting of fruits is done by the defined maturity indices and later on harvested fruits can be stored at 5 0C with 95% relative humidity for 5-10 days. The regular inspection is necessary to raise a healthy crop.
Etalesh Goutam*
Dept. of Horticulture, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal, Uttarakhand (249 161), India
Bharti
Krishan Kumar Singh
Govind Vishwakarma
Dept. of Horticulture, Doon (PG) College of Agriculture Science and Technology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand (248 197), India
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