Claim · model-written summary
No leaf area differences were observed in 2016.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Outcome
- differencese0
- Direction
- no differencese0
- Qualifier
- 2016e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“no differences were observed in 2016”
t0“Watermelon”
Title
Matthew B. Bertucci; Katherine M. Jennings; David W. Monks; et al. HortTechnology 2018. doi:10.21273/horttech04051-18
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Nongrafted Exclamation had the smallest leaf area at one week after transplant.
- Observation Nongrafted Exclamation had the largest leaf area at three weeks in 2015.
- Observation Extazy leaf area differed minimally among rootstocks.
- Observation Nongrafted Exclamation and plants grafted to Pelops, TZ148 and Coloso had the highest marketable yields.
- Intervention effect Marvel rootstock produced 47% of nongrafted Exclamation yield.
- Intervention effect Kazako rootstock produced 32% of nongrafted Exclamation yield.
- Observation Nongrafted Extazy had the highest marketable yield.
- Intervention effect Kazako produced the lowest yield in Extazy, 48% of nongrafted Extazy.
- Intervention effect Rootstock had no effect on soluble solids concentration or lycopene content.
- Intervention effect Grafting increased flesh firmness.
- Observation Nongrafted Exclamation and Extazy had the lowest flesh firmness.
- Observation Only three of twenty rootstocks in each study matched nongrafted marketable yields.
- Intervention effect No grafted treatment exceeded nongrafted Exclamation or Extazy yield.
- Recommendation The authors conclude grafting offers no advantage in optimized fumigated systems without soilborne pathogens or other stressors.