Abstract
BACKGROUND: Soilborne disease management remains a great challenge in melon production with the phaseout of soil fumigant methyl bromide. Grafting has been shown to be an effective approach to control soilborne diseases. However, previous research has yielded mixed results regarding the impacts of rootstock on fruit quality. Very few studies have assessed melon quality attributes using both sensory evaluation and instrumental methods. RESULTS: Galia melon 'Arava' (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Ser.) and honeydew melon 'Honey Yellow' (C. melo L. var. inodorus Naud.) were grafted onto commercial hybrid squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne × Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) rootstocks and root-knot nematode-resistant Cucumis metulifer E. Mey. ex Naud. rootstock. The grafting combinations were evaluated under different production conditions. Grafting with hybrid squash rootstocks resulted in reduced soluble solids content (SSC) and decreased sensory ratings of 'Arava' fruit. By contrast with grafted 'Arava', grafted 'Honey Yellow' did not exhibit significant differences in sensory properties and instrumental measurements regardless of production conditions and rootstock selection. CONCLUSION: The effects of grafting on fruit quality attributes differed between the two distinctive types of melon scion used. Potential negative impacts of rootstocks on melon fruit quality need to be considered in the selection and use of disease-resistant rootstocks.
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Claim · model-written summary
Hybrid squash rootstocks reduced soluble solids content in Arava fruit.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis meloe1 - Material
- 'Arava'e0
- Treatment
- Grafting with hybrid squash rootstockse0
- Outcome
- soluble solids content (SSC)e0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“Grafting with hybrid squash rootstocks resulted in reduced soluble solids content (SSC) and decreased sensory ratings of 'Arava' fruit.”
e1“Galia melon 'Arava' (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Ser.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Hybrid squash rootstocks decreased sensory ratings of Arava fruit.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Material
- 'Arava'e0
- Treatment
- Grafting with hybrid squash rootstockse0
- Outcome
- sensory ratingse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Grafting with hybrid squash rootstocks resulted in reduced soluble solids content (SSC) and decreased sensory ratings of 'Arava' fruit.”
e1“Galia melon 'Arava' (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Ser.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted Honey Yellow showed no significant sensory-property differences across production conditions and rootstocks.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Material
- 'Honey Yellow'e0
- Treatment
- grafted 'Honey Yellow'e0
- Outcome
- sensory propertiese0
- Direction
- did not exhibit significant differencese0
- Qualifier
- regardless of production conditions and rootstock selectione0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafted 'Honey Yellow' did not exhibit significant differences in sensory properties and instrumental measurements regardless of production conditions and rootstock selection.”
e1“honeydew melon 'Honey Yellow' (C. melo L. var. inodorus Naud.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted Honey Yellow showed no significant differences in instrumental measurements across conditions and rootstocks.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Material
- 'Honey Yellow'e0
- Treatment
- grafted 'Honey Yellow'e0
- Outcome
- instrumental measurementse0
- Direction
- did not exhibit significant differencese0
- Qualifier
- regardless of production conditions and rootstock selectione0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafted 'Honey Yellow' did not exhibit significant differences in sensory properties and instrumental measurements regardless of production conditions and rootstock selection.”
e1“honeydew melon 'Honey Yellow' (C. melo L. var. inodorus Naud.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors advise considering possible negative rootstock effects on melon fruit quality when choosing resistant rootstocks.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe0
- Outcome
- selection and use of disease-resistant rootstockse0
- Qualifier
- Potential negative impacts of rootstocks on melon fruit qualitye0
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Verbatim
e0“Potential negative impacts of rootstocks on melon fruit quality need to be considered in the selection and use of disease-resistant rootstocks.”
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