. 2025 Aug 19;16:1644621. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1644621

Table 2.

Comparison of vegetable melon populations for fruit length, fruit width, length/width ratio, fruits per plant, fruit weight, plant yield and earliness index.

Genebank ID	Fruit length (cm) 2023	Fruit length (cm) 2024	Fruit width (cm)	Length/width ratio	Fruits per plant	Fruit weight (Kg)	Plant yield (Kg)	Earliness index*
UBGCMC048	10.98 ± 2.23^cde	11.88 ± 3.05^efg	4.95 ± 1.17^bc	2.44 ± 0.66^def	8.75 ± 3.5^def	0.27 ± 0.03^abc	2.39 ± 1.06^de	49.33 ± 3.08^ab
UBGCMC051	10.32 ± 1.14^def	11.76 ± 2.39^efg	5.38 ± 1.32^abc	2.17 ± 0.38^gh	6.83 ± 2.71^ef	0.32 ± 0.05^a	2.13 ± 0.83^de	45.5 ± 4.59^abcd
UBGCMC053	12.99 ± 1.5^b	13.28 ± 2.33^bcd	6.25 ± 6.31^a	2.52 ± 0.54^cd	11.2 ± 1.73^abcd	0.28 ± 0.04^abc	3.15 ± 0.73^abcd	45.0 ± 5.59^abcd
UBGCMC054	9.09 ± 3.23^f	13.36 ± 2.27^bcd	6.12 ± 2.13^a	2.15 ± 0.61^gh	5.7 ± 2.9^f	0.31 ± 0.05^ab	1.87 ± 1.27^e	41.17 ± 3.82^de
UBGCMC056	9.56 ± 0.65^ef	10.37 ± 1.27^h	4.9 ± 0.77^bcd	2.11 ± 0.39^gh	10.37 ± 5.11^bcde	0.21 ± 0.11^d	2.67 ± 1.3^cde	37.67 ± 18.8^e
UBGCMC057	12.33 ± 1.29^bc	11.29 ± 2.09^fgh	4.85 ± 1.08^bcd	2.42 ± 0.3^def	9.13 ± 2.83^cdef	0.28 ± 0.03^abc	2.52 ± 0.86^de	42.17 ± 3.97^cde
UBGCMC058	11.09 ± 1.2^cde	10.22 ± 1.83^h	5.18 ± 1.07^bc	2.05 ± 0.32^h	14.03 ± 3.85^ab	0.27 ± 0.01^abc	3.8 ± 1.0^abc	45.0 ± 5.06^abcd
UBGCMC059	11.49 ± 1.8^bcd	12.17 ± 2.06^def	5.05 ± 1.09^bc	2.45 ± 0.51^def	10.67 ± 4.12^abcde	0.30 ± 0.04^abc	3.22 ± 1.47^abcd	47.67 ± 2.34^abcd
UBGCMC060	11.09 ± 1.2^cde	11.85 ± 2.02^efg	5.08 ± 0.97^bc	2.36 ± 0.49^defg	14.58 ± 4.01^a	0.28 ± 0.04^abc	4.09 ± 1.51^a	47.5 ± 8.98^abcd
UBGCMC061	12.38 ± 0.96^bc	12.71 ± 2.8^cde	5.65 ± 1.06^ab	2.25 ± 0.24^fgh	12.82 ± 1.64^abc	0.32 ± 0.05^a	4.06 ± 0.9^ab	44.83 ± 4.26^bcd
UBGCMC106	15.67 ± 3.19^a	17.77 ± 3.28^a	4.01 ± 1^d	4.56 ± 1.38^a	9.77 ± 2.01^cde	0.27 ± 0.03^abc	2.65 ± 0.49^cde	43.0 ± 5.59^bcde
UBGCMC107	17.17 ± 1.66^a	13.78 ± 2.63^bc	5.07 ± 1.15^bc	2.94 ± 0.56^b	9.41 ± 2.87^cdef	0.30 ± 0.05^abc	2.82 ± 1.05^bcde	47.17 ± 1.6^abcd
UBGCMC111	10.56 ± 1.1^def	10.95 ± 1.75^gh	4.9 ± 1.01^bcd	2.28 ± 0.44^efgh	14.53 ± 2.69^a	0.26 ± 0.03^bc	3.87 ± 1.02^abc	47.83 ± 2.48^abcd
UBGCMC113	10.68 ± 1.02_cdef	13.97 ± 3.2^b	5.04 ± 1.27^bc	2.75 ± 0.65^bc	8.53 ± 3.35^def	0.32 ± 0.07^a	2.78 ± 1.44^cde	51.67 ± 5.54^a
UBGCMC124	11.34 ± 1.06^cd	11.25 ± 1.75^fgh	4.64 ± 1.04^cd	2.51 ± 0.47^cde	9.0 ± 4.65^cdef	0.25 ± 0.04^cd	2.33 ± 1.45^de	48.5 ± 9.48^abc
Mean	11.78	12.4	5.14	2.53	10.35	0.28	2.96	45.6

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation of biological replicates for individual years in the case of fruit length, for which significant genotype:year interaction was detected, or as mean ± standard deviation of biological replicates across the two years for all the other traits, for which no significant genotype:year interaction was observed.

*Days from sowing date

Means not associated with the same letter are significantly different at p < 0.05 (LSD test).