Abstract
Impact of Grafting on Watermelon Growth, Fruit Yield and Quality Grafting is an alternative approach to reduce crop damage resulting from soil-borne pathogens and increases plant abiotic stress tolerance, which in turn increases crop production. The purpose of this study was to determine whether grafting could improve plant growth and fruit quality of watermelon through monitoring the changes induced by different rootstock-scion combinations. Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) cv. Aswan F 1 was grafted into five rootstocks (Nun 6001 F 1 , Strongtosa F 1 , Tetsukabuto F 1 , Ferro F 1 and Shintoza F 1 ) hybrids between Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata. Highest vegetative growth and fruit yield were obtained by ‘Nun 6001 F 1 ’ as a rootstock using the tongue approach method. Grafting reduced significantly sex ratio by reducing the number of male flowers. Grafting increased significantly lycopene content in fruit flesh by 57% over the control treatment, but did not affect soluble solids content (SSC). One third of the control non-grafted plants died and Fusarium oxysporum was isolated as the responsible pathogen. These results indicate that grafting watermelon onto specific rootstock influences growth, productivity, and quality of the fruit as well as disease resistance. Grafting can be suggested as an alternative method to control of Fusarium wilt in watermelon production.
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Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto the rootstock Nun 6001 F1 by the tongue approach method gave the highest vegetative growth and fruit yield of watermelon.
- Taxon
- Watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- Nun 6001 F 1e0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth and fruit yielde0
- Direction
- Higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“Highest vegetative growth and fruit yield were obtained by ‘Nun 6001 F 1 ’ as a rootstock using the tongue approach method”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting significantly reduced the sex ratio of watermelon by reducing the number of male flowers.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Graftinge0
- Outcome
- sex ratioe0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Grafting reduced significantly sex ratio by reducing the number of male flowers”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting significantly increased lycopene content in watermelon fruit flesh by 57% over the control treatment.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Organ / stage
- fruit fleshe0
- Treatment
- Graftinge0
- Outcome
- lycopene contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 57%e0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
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Verbatim
e0“Grafting increased significantly lycopene content in fruit flesh by 57% over the control treatment”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting did not affect the soluble solids content of watermelon fruit compared with the control.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Graftinge0
- Outcome
- soluble solids contente0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Grafting increased significantly lycopene content in fruit flesh by 57% over the control treatment, but did not affect soluble solids content (SSC)”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
One third of the non-grafted control watermelon plants died.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Outcome
- plants diede0
- Value
- One thirde0
- Qualifier
- control non-grafted plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“One third of the control non-grafted plants died”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Fusarium oxysporum was isolated as the pathogen responsible for the death of the non-grafted control watermelon plants.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum
_(Fusarium_oxysporum_f.sp._batatas)_1234227-PPT-Clemson_University.jpg?width=60)
Fusarium oxysporume0pathogen - Outcome
- isolated as the responsible pathogene0
Not reportedDirection
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_(Fusarium_oxysporum_f.sp._batatas)_1234227-PPT-Clemson_University.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“Fusarium oxysporum was isolated as the responsible pathogen”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest grafting as an alternative method to control Fusarium wilt in watermelon production.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- control of Fusarium wilte0
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Verbatim
e0“Grafting can be suggested as an alternative method to control of Fusarium wilt in watermelon production”
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