Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from grafted watermelon plants had more compact flesh than fruit from ungrafted plants.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- graftinge0
- Outcome
- fleshe7
- Direction
- more compacte7
- Comparator
- ungrafted plantse7
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Verbatim
e0“the effect of grafting of watermelon hybrids 'Obla F-1' and 'Vanessa F-1' on to Cucurbita maxima x Cucurbita moschata rootstock TZ 148”
e7“Fruit from grafted plants had more compact flesh and less acid fruit juice than fruit from ungrafted plants”
Title
Fruit volatiles, quality, and yield of watermelon as affected by grafting.
Spyridon Α. Petropoulos; C. M. Olympios; Andreas Ropokis; et al. University of Thessaly Institutional Repository (University of Thessaly) 2014
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Fruit volatile components differed between ungrafted and grafted watermelon plants.
- Observation Fruit volatiles of watermelon included the aldehydes (E)-2-nonenal and (E, Z)-2,6-nonadien-1-al.
- Intervention effect (E)-2-nonenal was present at higher concentrations in grafted than in ungrafted watermelon plants.
- Intervention effect Grafted watermelon plants had higher growth rate, total yield and fruit number than ungrafted plants.
- Association The percent dry matter of watermelon leaves and shoots was higher in ungrafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting did not change mean fruit weight, fruit shape or rind thickness of watermelon.
- Intervention effect Fruit from grafted watermelon plants had less acid fruit juice than fruit from ungrafted plants.
- Intervention effect Sugar content did not differ between grafted and ungrafted watermelon plants, except in Obla F-1 hybrids.
- Association Sodium concentration of plant tissues and fruit was higher in ungrafted Obla F-1 watermelon plants.
- Association Carotenoid, lycopene and vitamin C content in fruit of ungrafted Obla F-1 plants was higher, but only in the second year.