Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Grafting increased fruit length by 12.0%.

A claim from Production and quality of grafted watermelon in saline soil · 2019

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Grafting increased fruit length by 12.0%.

Taxon
watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
Treatment
graftinge0
Outcome
lengthe0
Direction
increasede0
Value
12.0%e0

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Citrullus lanatus
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Verbatim

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“grafting increased commercial production, weight, length and diameter of fruits in 160.5%, 36.5%, 12.0% and 7.5%, respectively.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 583–710
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“watermelon”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 34–44

Title

Production and quality of grafted watermelon in saline soil

Ángel Manuel Suárez-Hernández; Juan Carlos Vázquez-Angulo; Onecimo Grimaldo-Juárez; et al. Horticultura Brasileira 2019. doi:10.1590/s0102-053620190213

Other claims from this paper (3)

Record rev-e677d3f0d406869e2d6348e60bf521cbf966acc28831fb8a55347127103b0d2a · schema claims-v0.9 · position 3 in the model’s answer

grafting · growth · Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)Results differ

69 papers: 62 positive, 7 negative or no effect

61 papers in the same direction as this claim · 7 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Grafted and ungrafted watermelons had similar fruit dry matter, glucose and fructose.

    Effect of Salinity on Yield, Fruit Quality, Leaf Gas Exchange, and Mineral Composition of Grafted Watermelon Plants · 2006 · compared with ungrafted plant

    Opposite directionCited by this paper

  2. positive
    Rootstock grafting, especially onto pumpkin, increases watermelon root volume, surface area, tips and forks versus nongrafted plants.

    Comprehensive Mineral Nutrition Analysis of Watermelon Grafted onto Two Different Rootstocks · 2016 · compared with non-grafted plants

    Same directionCited by this paper

  3. positive
    Grafted watermelon had greater growth than nongrafted watermelon under salinity.

    RESPONSES OF GRAFTED WATERMELON ONTO DIFFERENT GOURD SPECIES TO SALINITY STRESS · 2010 · compared with non-grafted

    Same directionCited by this paper

  4. positive
    Strong Tosa grafted plants lost less growth than the other plants at high salinity.

    Vegetative growth, superoxide dismutase activity and ion concentration of salt-stressed watermelon as influenced by rootstock · 2008 · compared with the others

    Same directionCited by this paper

  5. positive
    Grafted watermelon showed better growth performance than non-grafted watermelon.

    Effects of Rootstocks on Some Growth Parameters, Phosphorous and Nitrogen Uptake Watermelon under Salt Stress · 2009 · compared with non-grafted ones

    Same directionCited by this paper

  6. no effect
    No differences in watermelon development were observed in plots with grafted plants.

    Differential reproduction of Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica in watermelon cultivars and cucurbit rootstocks · 2015

    Opposite direction

  7. no effect
    Rootstock did not significantly affect root length density.

    Grafted Watermelon Root Length Density and Distribution under Different Soil Moisture Treatments · 2013

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    In retarding culture, grafted watermelon growth was not superior to non-grafted growth.

    Effect of Low-Temperature Tolerant Rootstocks on the Growth and Fruit Quality of Watermelon in Semi-Forcing and Retarding Culture · 2022 · compared with non-grafted watermelons

    Opposite direction

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