According to technical recommendations by Molina et al. [31], seeds were treated before germination as follows: they
were soaked in water without chlorine for about 72 h and afterward they were germinated in greenhouse conditions
at 25∘C in Jan. 2013. Seeds were placed within polystyrene trays of 200 cavities filled with a mixture of peat moss and
vermiculite as substrate; one seed per cavity was placed at a depth of 5mm from the base and sprayed with water. The
trays were placed under shade at 22∘C and coveredwith black plastic. Irrigation was performed once a week until the day of transplant, which was performed 82 days after the date of germination.Thetransplant was directly fromthe trays to the
field, when seedlings had an approximate minimumheight of 20 cm, in Apr. 2013. Distance between plants and rows was
1m. Vermicompost was used as fertilizer in an amount of 4.5 t ha−1. The irrigation drip was provided every 20 days at
field capacity.The fruit was harvestedGMin July 2013, 77 days after to transplant and then RR 87 days after transplant.