This study was developed inside a greenhouse at the Engineering Departament of Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras/MG, aiming to evaluate the effect of different irrigation depths on fruit quality of greenhouse cultivated "Vereda" yellow melon (Cucumis melo L.). The crop was drip irrigated, in a two-day interval, with four different depths. Irrigation depths were computed using four different fractions of the evaporation depth observed on a reduced class A pan evaporimeter (ECAr): 0.5*ECAr, 0.75*ECAr, 1.0*ECAr, and 1.25*ECAr. A completely randomized design, with four treatments and six replications, was used. Evaluated parameters were: total soluble solid content (SSC), total titrable acidity (TTA), pH, pulp thickness, rind thickness, and cavity diameter from six fruits from each treatment of irrigation. Reduced values of total soluble solid content, total titrable acidity, and pulp tickness were observed with increased irrigation depths.
Cucumis melo; irrigation management; total soluble solids; pulp thickness; greenhouse
