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Data for: Above-ground dry mass and fruit geometries of 31 field muskmelon plants

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Jan 03, 2024 version files 14.94 MB
Apr 30, 2024 version files 15.26 MB

Abstract

We collected a total of 751 fruits from 31 Cucumis melo L. var. agrestis Naud. plants, digitized the side profiles of these fruits, and applied an explicit re-expression of Preston’s equation (referred to as EPE hereinafter) to fit the planar coordinates of each fruit profile. By using the estimated parameters, we calculated the volume and surface area of each fruit. The black_white.zip file saves the black and white .bmp images at 600 dpi for the 751 fruits profiles. The edge_data.zip file includes the planar coordinates of each of the 751 fruits, and the EPE results.csv file includes the estimated parameters and goodness-of-fit of the EPE, and the fruit surface area and volume calculated by the surface area and volume formulas of the solid of revolution based on the EPE for each fruit. In addition, the EPE results.csv file also provides the measured volumes of the 751 fruits using the graduated cylinders. The MPG.csv file includes the total leaf dry mass, total stem dry mass, and total fruit volume of 31 C. melo var. Agrestis plants.