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गर्मियों के स्‍वादि‍ष्‍ट फल खरबूजे के पोषक और औषधीय उपयोग This delicious and aromatic fruit is known for its high water content. It is consisted of 95 % water and also full of fiber. It is associated with no fat, no cholesterol, less calories and sugar. It gives the tendency of full stomach and discourages the desire of more eating. So if you are looking for weight loss better to start with this summer fruit. Apart from weight loss it has many nutritional uses and medicinal benefits. Let see its nutritional content/ 100 gram of serving Calories – 34 kcal Total fat – 0.2 gm Cholesterol – 0 Sodium – 16 mg Potassium – 267 mg Total CHO – 8 gm Dietary fiber – 0.9 gm Vitamin C – 42.2 mg Thiamine – 0.04 mg Riboflavin – 0.02 mg Niacin – 0.57 mg Folate – 17 mg   Vitamin A (IU) - 32, 24 IU Calcium – 11 gm Magnesium – 11 gm Phosphorus – 17 gm Muskmelon must be harvested at the proper stage of maturity to ensure maximum sweetness and quality. Incredible health benefits of muskmelon:- Manages weight & diabetes Along with helping in maintaining weight due to negligible fat content and good water content. Its glycemic load is also very low, it is about 13 gm of CHO per 150 gms. Due to its low glycemic index and fiber content,...

तरबूज संकर बीज उत्पादन तकनीक Watermelon (Citrulus lanatus Thumb) is an annual vine crop. It is grown throughout tropics and subtropics. It is monoeceous bearing male and female flowers separately. Flowers are mostly borne single. Anthesis starts at 6.00 am and completes at 7.30 am. Anther dehiscence starts one hour before anthesis and continue upto 7.00 am. At high temperature stigmatic fluid starts drying stigma becomes non receptive by 3.00 pm. Hybrids of watermelon: Arka Jyothi from Indian Institute Of Horticultural Research Madhu, Milan and Mohini from Indo-American Hybrid Seed Company, NS 295 from Namdhari seeds Kushboo, Madhubala, Sitara from Nunhems Seeds Kirana, Mithila and Madhumita from Know You Seeds Climate and Soil: Watermelon is grown throughout tropics and subtropics. For seed production arid regions are preferred because of less disease incidence. Deep well drained sandy loam soils are good for watermelon with pH ranging from 6.5-7.0, but it can tolerate acidity up to pH 5.0. Isolation: Water melon is a highly cross pollinated crop. Hence, the minimum recommended isoltion distance for foundation seed field is 1500m and certified seed field is 1000m. Season: North India : Jan-Feb South India : Sept-Oct Spacing: 200cm x 150 cm Seed rate: Female parent: 1 kg/ha. Male parent : 250g/ha Method of sowing: The Male and female parents are grown in adjacent rows in the field in 1:3 or 1:4 ratio Shallow...