Saudi Journal of Biomedical Research (SJBR)
Volume-3 | Issue-04 | 138-143
Original Research Article
Agro-Morphological Study of four Cultivars of Citrullus lanatus
N’guetta Niangoran Anne Marie, Siaka Binaté, Yao Kouadio, Yolande Dogoré Digbeu, Jean P. E. N. Kouadio, Edmond Ahipo Dué
Published : July 30, 2018
Abstract
Ivorian Cucurbitaceae seeds consumed in sauce find themselves in several
varieties. Among the Cucurbitaceae, Citrullus lanatus species comprises four cultivars
listed on the basis of the size and appearance of seeds (oval seed cultivar, large seed
cultivar, average seed cultivar and small seed cultivar). To promote these crops, field
trials in situ were carried out to show the diversity within the species. Works have
been conducted on the characterization of physico-chemical properties of seeds, and
almonds. The agromorphological analysis showed different fruits weight of 1135.45 ±
266.78 g, 1075.29 ± 336.89 g, 838.43 ± 184.15 g and 764.4 ± 242.3 g for COS, CBS,
CAS and CSS cultivars respectively. The morphological characteristics of peeled
seeds (almonds) and not peeled (whole seeds) varied significantly (P 0,05) of a
cultivar to the other. The percentage of germination of seeds showed a significant
difference (p 0,05) from a cultivar to the other one. So the percentages of germination
were 62,81 % and 88,88 % for the cultivars CSS and CAS respectively. As for
cultivars COS and CBS, the percentages of germination were 95,72 % and 90,72 %.
The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the characteristics of the seeds of
Citrullus lanatus cultivars showed that cultivars CBS and COS were premature,
produced big fruits containing big seeds contrary to the late cultivars CAS and CSS
with small and average seeds. However, the shape of fruits of the various cultivars did
not determine the size of their seeds.