Pruning-fruit retention and plant models strategies to improve growth, quality, and yield of netted melon in Arid regions

Wei Song; Xinchao Ma; Zhanming Tan; Xuefei Guo; Wanrong Wang; Turdi Yimingjiang; Xiaoqin Yao; Xiangbo Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341551

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Pruning-fruit retention and plant models strategies to improve growth, quality, and yield of netted melon in Arid regions

Wei Song,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China, Agricultural Science Research Institute of the 3rd Division, Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Tumushuke, China
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Xinchao Ma ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: xinchao_ma255@yahoo.com

Affiliation Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0026-4491

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Zhanming Tan,

Roles Investigation, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China
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Xuefei Guo,

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China
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Wanrong Wang,

Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China, Agricultural Science Research Institute of the 3rd Division, Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Tumushuke, China
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Turdi Yimingjiang,

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China, Agricultural Science Research Institute of the 3rd Division, Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Tumushuke, China
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Xiaoqin Yao,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China, Agricultural Science Research Institute of the 3rd Division, Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Tumushuke, China
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Xiangbo Liu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Facility, Tarim University, Alar, China, Agricultural Science Research Institute of the 3rd Division, Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps, Tumushuke, China
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Pruning-fruit retention and plant models strategies to improve growth, quality, and yield of netted melon in Arid regions

Wei Song,
Xinchao Ma,
Zhanming Tan,
Xuefei Guo,
Wanrong Wang,
Turdi Yimingjiang,
Xiaoqin Yao,
Xiangbo Liu

Published: March 13, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341551

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