Fig 1.
Note: The standard map of China – Map Review Number GS (2020) 4619.
Fig 2.
Temperature and relative humidity variations in the study area.
Table 1.
Soil physicochemical properties.
Fig 3.
A. Groove pattern. B. Plant spacing (a: 55 cm; b: 65 cm; c: 75 cm). C. Pruning and retention method (d. single vine and single melon. e. double vine and two melons. f. three vines and three melons. g. three vines and two melons).
Table 2.
Experimental design for different plant spacing and pruning-fruit retention methods.
Fig 4.
BP-NSGA-II multi-objective optimization model principle flowchart.
Table 3.
Netted melon growth period progress.
Fig 5.
The effect of different plant spacing and pruning methods on the growth of netted melon.
Fig 6.
The effect of different plant spacing and pruning methods on the yield of netted melon.
Note: Different letters indicate significant differences at the level of p < 0.05.
Table 4.
The effect of different plant spacing and pruning methods on the quality of netted melon. Note: Different letters indicate significant differences at the level of p < 0.05.
Table 5.
Comprehensive evaluation and ranking of fruit quality of each treatment based on entropy-weighted TOPSIS method. Note: Di+ represents the distance from the optimal solution, Di- represents the distance from the worst solution, and Ci represents the fit with the optimal solution.
Fig 7.
Root mean square error change plot.
Fig 8.
Model regression capability diagram.
Note: R is the goodness of fit, and the closer it is to 1 indicates the better the fit; Y = T: Output value (Y) = target value (T) ×1; a-training set, b-validation set, c-test set, d-synthesis.
Fig 9.
Pareto optimal solution set.