Claim · model-written summary
Lycopene content was similar in grafted and conventional watermelon.
- Taxon
- watermelons
Citrullus lanatuse1 - Treatment
- graftede1
- Outcome
- lycopene contente0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- conventional watermelonse1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“similar lycopene content”
e1“grafted versus conventional watermelons”
Title
ECONOMICS OF GRAFTED VS CONVENTIONAL WATERMELON PLANTS
Merritt Taylor; Benny Bruton; Wayne Fish; et al. HortScience 2006. doi:10.21273/hortsci.41.3.519d
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Grafted transplants raised production cost from $1,209 to $1,914, a $705/acre increase.
- Intervention effect Grafted watermelons had slightly lower yield per acre.
- Intervention effect Some graft combinations had similar sugar in the first year.
- Intervention effect Sugar was slightly lower in the second year.
- Intervention effect Grafted watermelons had much higher firmness.
- Observation Fresh-cut watermelon flesh firmness declined after ten days of storage.
- Intervention effect After ten days, grafted flesh was firmer than nongrafted flesh at the beginning of storage.
- Observation A $0.02/lb grafted-watermelon price premium would equalize net revenue at the same yield.
- Recommendation The authors expected improved shelf life to support contract price enhancement.