Claim · model-written summary
Zanjan rootstock increased root volume by 20.6%.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus
Cucumis sativuse0 - Material
- Zanjan rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Zanjan rootstocke1
- Outcome
- root volumee1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 20.6%e1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“the Zanjan rootstock showed a significant increase in root volume (20.6%)”
Title
Mahdi Bikdeloo; Hamid Reza Roosta; Hamid Reza Abbasi; et al. Scientific Reports 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-49714-6
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- Intervention effect Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased cucumber chlorophyll content by 39.0% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased plant height by 9.4% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased fruit number by 54.4% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased total yield by 57.9% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock reduced postharvest weight loss by 17.6% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock reduced postharvest firmness decline by 39.2% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Total soluble solids after storage were highest in Zanjan rootstock-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Zanjan rootstock was not superior to the commercial rootstock for most yield-related traits.
- Intervention effect Leaf size and sensory quality were reduced in both rootstock-grafted plants relative to non-grafted plants.
- Observation Fruit flavor remained within an acceptable range for consumers in grafted cucumber.
- Intervention effect Cobalt rootstock-grafted plants showed a more favorable balance between yield improvement and postharvest performance.
- Recommendation Grafting onto commercial rootstocks can be considered a useful strategy to enhance greenhouse cucumber yield and postharvest quality.