WATERMELON

Watermelon is fruit crop in the form of herb which emergence creep which in English called as watermellon. Watermelon come from subtropical and tropical drought area of African, then grow at full speed to state like : South African, Chinese, Indonesia and Japan. Watermelon included kedalam gourds set of relatives ( cucurbitaceae) which at the origin area is hardly taken a fancy hardly taken a fancy by human/animal in the continent, because many are aqueous, so that the spreading become quickly. Conducting watermelon crop for exploited as fresh fruit, but there is exploiting young cantaloup and leaf for vegetables

Cantaloup ( Citrullus vurgaris. Scharrd) planted erstwhile of farmers in Indonesia have the character of diploid and a lot of containing seed available for made by kuaci. Crop which including set of relatives Cucurbitaceae is not Indonesia original crop, but coming from the Dark Continent, then immigrate to India and China. Now this plant is important crop in tropic area is like Indonesia.

To yield cantaloup non seed, triploid crop have to be traversed with the pollination diploid watermelon crop assisted by man. Gist;sari powder at very few seedlessness watermelon stam inate flower, even frequently [there] no so that unable to do self pollination. Therefore, pollination of seedlessness watermelon ( triploid) require stam inate flower from seed watermelon ( diploid). For supporting requirement of stam inate flower ( diploid) required 10% from amount of plant population of triploids. Feel sweet fruit with contents of very compatible high water if served as pelepas thirst, and generally presented as fresh fruits.

Crop Botany

Kingdom : Plantae
Divisi : Spermatophyta
Subdivisi : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledone
Ordo : Cucurbitales
Famili : Cucurbitaceae
Genus : Citrullus
Species : Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.

Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus, tribe ketimun-timunan or Cucurbitaceae), this crop creep but he have no to form adventive root and cannot climb. Spreadth reach can reach floging metre. Nature of watermelon crop botany have the character of creeper, have owner appliance like contorting. Watermelon crop root have lateral root and main root a few, but rather in.

This annual crop grow creeper above land (of) or climb with appliances or suckers. Watermelon crop have soft bar, facet and hirsute with length reach 1,5-5 m. Emergence sucker from leaf axil and have branch reach 2-3 fruit .

Watermelon crop have elliptical unique leaf with surging edge and sharp-pointed back part. Basal of watermelon leaf incise with length reach 8-15 cm and 5-8 wide cm. Watermelon leaf handle in form of cylindrical with length of 3-7 cm, green chromatic and have bone system which fin with furry surface.

The flower of rust colored perfection, small ( diameter of 3 cm). Watermelon is andromonocius monoclinic, that is having two forsythia at one plant : stam inate flower which only having stamen ( stamen), and effeminate homosexual flower/ hermaphrodite, what having pistil and stamen (pistillun). Effeminate homosexual flower can be recognized with existence of ovary ( ovary) flower jetty part in the form of magnification in form of oval.

Cantaloup have husk which firm, condensed green chromatic or young green with old greens arrays. Depended the cultivar, the kernel having water is rose colored or turning yellow. This crop enough dryness resistant would especially if have entered a period of fruit-set.

Seed form of long, flat, the colour is black and white, turned yellow, or auburn. There is also of seedlessness ( seedless). Seed treated which have called as kuaci. Way of the Create, collect seed, then put to the sun and sangrai. After chilling, soak in brine all day long, then put to the sun returning the sun heat. Watermelon besides eaten as fresh fruit also drinkable as juice. Propagation of watermelon crop with seed.