About 20-60% higher yields were obtained with drip irrigation in some studies while in other studies yield was reported to be slightly lower or equal to that of surface irrigation along with reduction in irrigation requirement of 30-60% .Although many experiments have been conducted to study the effect of different irrigation methods on yield and growth of various crops under different agro-climatic region and soil condition, meager work has been done to study the effect of different irrigation methods on crop yield and yield components cantaloupe in the arid lands of Iran.