ELISEEVA N.A. "INFLUENCE OF AIR TEMPERATURE ON ACCUMULATION OF SOLIDS IN PULP OF FRUITS OF A MELON IN THE CRIMEA"
In this material are shown the results of scientific research work to identify the impact of temperature on the change in the level of dry matter accumulation in the fruit pulp of melon under the conditions of a foothill zone of Crimea. The observations were carried out on the territory of the Crimean experimental station of vegetable growing KI APP NAAN of Ukraine for between 2004 - 2010. Studies have determined the amount of effective temperatures higher 200С from June to August of every year of investigating for four groups of ripeness with vegetation period from 55 to 115 days. Minimally value of amount of effective temperatures (13220С - 15610С) was in 2004 year for middle- and late- ripening melon. In 2005 year minimally value of amount of effective temperatures 10820С was for early- ripening melon. It have been shown that the increasing of amounts of the effective temperature of 10 degrees was increased dry matter accumulation in the fruit at the early-ripening melon shapes at 0,05 percent, at the middle-ripening at 0,04 percent and late-ripening at 0,034 percent. It have been defined the positive correlation relationship between the level of air temperature increase (for the period from June to August) and the level of dry matter accumulation in the fruit pulp of melon: correlation coefficient was r = 0,81 - 0,99, depending on the genotype of plant.