Abstract
The effect of grafting and post-grafting temperature on the plant development of two watermelon cultivars at transplantation and on subsequent fruit quality was studied. Watermelon cv. Sugar Baby and Crimson Sweet were self-rooted or grafted onto rootstock RS 841 F-1 (Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata) or bottle-gourd [Lagenaria siceraria f. clavata] (year 1), plus L. siceraria f. pyrotheca (year 2). After grafting, plants were held at 8 degrees C or 16 degrees C (minimum) until transplantation (28-29 days), at which stage growth was compared with that of the self-rooted control held under the same conditions. Plants were planted in the field and fruit quality assessed at harvest. At the time of transplantation in year 1, plants at 16 degrees C were taller and had a higher total fresh weight than those at 8 degrees C. The grafted plants of both cultivars were taller and had a higher leaf area and fresh weight than the self-rooted plants, irrespective of rootstock. In year 2, the grafted plants of both cultivars had better development (height, leaf area, leaf number, fresh weight) than self-rooted plants. The plants of Crimson Sweet x L. siceraria f. pyrotheca were taller than those of the other two scion-rootstock combinations, irrespective of temperature. Mean fruit weight at harvest was higher in grafted plants than in self-rooted plants, and sugar content varied with scion-rootstock combination. Grafting of watermelon results in better plant growth by the time of transplantation, whereas the scion-rootstock combination affects fruit quality. A minimum temperature of 16 degrees C is indicated during the post-grafting stage.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted watermelon plants had higher leaf area and fresh weight than self-rooted plants in year 1.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Material
- Sugar Baby and Crimson Sweete0
- Treatment
- graftede2
- Outcome
- leaf area and fresh weighte2
- Direction
- highere2
- Qualifier
- tallere2
- Comparator
- self-rooted plantse2
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Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e0“Watermelon cv. Sugar Baby and Crimson Sweet were self-rooted or grafted”
e2“The grafted plants of both cultivars were taller and had a higher leaf area and fresh weight than the self-rooted plants, irrespective of rootstock”
Claim · model-written summary
Plants held at 16 degrees C after grafting had higher total fresh weight than those at 8 degrees C at transplantation in year 1.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- 16 degrees Ce1
- Outcome
- total fresh weighte1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- were tallere1
- Comparator
- 8 degrees Ce1
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Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e1“At the time of transplantation in year 1, plants at 16 degrees C were taller and had a higher total fresh weight than those at 8 degrees C”
Claim · model-written summary
In year 2, grafted watermelon plants had better development than self-rooted plants.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- graftede3
- Outcome
- development (height, leaf area, leaf number, fresh weight)e3
- Direction
- bettere3
- Qualifier
- In year 2e3
- Comparator
- self-rooted plantse3
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Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e3“In year 2, the grafted plants of both cultivars had better development (height, leaf area, leaf number, fresh weight) than self-rooted plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Crimson Sweet x L. siceraria f. pyrotheca plants were taller than plants of the other two scion-rootstock combinations, irrespective of temperature.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- Crimson Sweet x L. siceraria f. pyrothecae4
- Outcome
- plantse4
- Direction
- tallere4
- Qualifier
- irrespective of temperaturee4
- Comparator
- the other two scion-rootstock combinationse4
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Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e4“The plants of Crimson Sweet x L. siceraria f. pyrotheca were taller than those of the other two scion-rootstock combinations, irrespective of temperature”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean fruit weight at harvest was higher in grafted plants than in self-rooted plants.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- graftede5
- Outcome
- Mean fruit weight at harveste5
- Direction
- highere5
- Comparator
- self-rooted plantse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e5“Mean fruit weight at harvest was higher in grafted plants than in self-rooted plants, and sugar content varied with scion-rootstock combination”
Claim · model-written summary
Sugar content varied with the scion-rootstock combination.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- scion-rootstock combinatione5
- Outcome
- sugar contente5
- Qualifier
- varied with scion-rootstock combinatione5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e5“Mean fruit weight at harvest was higher in grafted plants than in self-rooted plants, and sugar content varied with scion-rootstock combination”
Claim · model-written summary
The scion-rootstock combination affects watermelon fruit quality.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- scion-rootstock combinatione6
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye6
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e6“whereas the scion-rootstock combination affects fruit quality”
Claim · model-written summary
A minimum temperature of 16 degrees C is recommended during the post-grafting stage.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Organ / stage
- post-grafting stagee7
- Outcome
- minimum temperature of 16 degrees Ce7
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Verbatim
t0“EVALUATION OF ROOTSTOCKS FOR WATERMELON GRAFTING WITH REFERENCE TO PLANT DEVELOPMENT, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY”
e7“A minimum temperature of 16 degrees C is indicated during the post-grafting stage”
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