Table 2.

Size and quality of muskmelon fruits across all the treatments

Treatment	Fresh weight (kg/fruit)	Sugar content (%)	Vertical diameter (cm)	Transverse diameter (cm)	Peel thickness (cm)
Control	0.4656 a	14.6550 a	13.7683 a	8.8233 a	1.9900 a
Cd	0.3989 bc	13.5833 abc	13.3444 a	8.4806 b	1.8028 b
FeNPs	0.4044 bc	12.8017 bc	13.4100 a	8.5733 ab	1.7700 b
1% BC	0.4104 b	13.0611 bc	13.4139 a	8.5556 ab	1.8417 b
3% BC	0.4032 bc	13.0778 bc	13.5750 a	8.4722 b	1.7472 b
5% BC	0.3883 bc	12.8156 bc	13.4017 a	8.3439 bc	1.7461 b
1% BFNC	0.3548 c	13.4278 abc	12.7778 a	8.1083 c	1.7389 b
3% BFNC	0.3503 c	13.9233 ab	12.7233 a	8.1167 c	1.7300 b
5% BFNC	0.3530 c	12.2700 c	13.1100 a	8.1050 c	1.7717 b