Claim · model-written summary
A 50% reduction in density of grafted plants generally retained higher yield than fumigated nongrafted plants.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- planting density may be reduced by 50%e0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 50%e0
- Qualifier
- except for ‘Tri-X 313’ grafted on ‘Shintosa Camelforce’ in 2006–2007e0
- Comparator
- nongrafted plants grown on fumigated soile0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“With the use of grafted watermelon plants, planting density may be reduced by 50%, obtaining higher yields than those obtained from nongrafted plants grown on fumigated soil except for ‘Tri-X 313’ grafted on ‘Shintosa Camelforce’ in 2006–2007”
Title
María Victoria Huitrón-Ramírez; Marcia Ricárdez-Salinas; Francisco Camacho-Ferre HortScience 2009. doi:10.21273/hortsci.44.7.1838
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Grafting on RS841 increased average fruit weight in nonfumigated soil.
- Intervention effect Grafting on Shintosa Camelforce increased average fruit weight in nonfumigated soil.
- Intervention effect Grafting on RS841 increased total watermelon yield.
- Intervention effect Grafting on Shintosa Camelforce increased total watermelon yield.
- Intervention effect Fruit from grafted plants had higher firmness than fruit from nongrafted plants.
- Intervention effect Grafting did not affect fruit soluble solids content.
- Recommendation Grafting may be considered an alternative to methyl bromide fumigation.