Abstract
Photosynthetic characteristics, concentrations of mineral elements in xylem sap, and some vegetative traits of ‘Khatooni’ melon were compared with those of melons grafted onto three Cucurbita rootstocks cvs., Ace, Shintozwa, and ShintoHongto, and trained with three methods: T1) no pinching and fruit thinning; T2) pinched to produce two lateral branches; and T3) pinched to two branches and all the flowers and lateral branches from lower nodes thinned. Internal CO 2 and water use efficiency varied with rootstocks. Stem diameter of scions, aerial fresh and dry weights, mean fruit weight and yield, electric conductivity, pH, and sap volume per plant of grafted plants were higher in grafted melons than in the nongrafted ones. These traits were unaffected by training methods. Mineral concentrations varied considerably depending on the rootstocks and training methods used. Xylem sap collected from the decapitated stem base of grafted melons trained with T2 and T3 methods contained a higher amount of mineral ions, especially NO 3 − , PO 4 3− , and K + , than did the sap from own-rooted plants. The increase in the mineral levels in sap resulting from grafting was most apparent in ‘Khatooni’ grafted onto ‘ShintoHongto’ rootstock.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Internal CO2 and water use efficiency of melon varied with rootstock.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis melot0 - Treatment
- rootstockse1
- Outcome
- Internal CO 2 and water use efficiencye1
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e1“Internal CO 2 and water use efficiency varied with rootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Stem diameter of scions and aerial fresh and dry weights were higher in grafted melons than in nongrafted melons.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse2
- Outcome
- Stem diameter of scions, aerial fresh and dry weightse2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- nongrafted onese2
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e2“Stem diameter of scions, aerial fresh and dry weights, mean fruit weight and yield, electric conductivity, pH, and sap volume per plant of grafted plants were higher in grafted melons than in the nongrafted ones”
Claim · model-written summary
Mean fruit weight and yield of grafted melons were higher than those of nongrafted melons.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse2
- Outcome
- mean fruit weight and yielde2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- nongrafted onese2
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e2“Stem diameter of scions, aerial fresh and dry weights, mean fruit weight and yield, electric conductivity, pH, and sap volume per plant of grafted plants were higher in grafted melons than in the nongrafted ones”
Claim · model-written summary
Electric conductivity, pH and sap volume per plant of grafted melons were higher than those of nongrafted melons.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse2
- Outcome
- electric conductivity, pH, and sap volume per plante2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- nongrafted onese2
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e2“Stem diameter of scions, aerial fresh and dry weights, mean fruit weight and yield, electric conductivity, pH, and sap volume per plant of grafted plants were higher in grafted melons than in the nongrafted ones”
Claim · model-written summary
Training methods did not affect these melon traits.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- training methodse3
- Outcome
- These traitse3
- Direction
- unaffectede3
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e3“These traits were unaffected by training methods”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral concentrations varied with rootstocks and training methods in melon.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- the rootstocks and training methodse4
- Outcome
- Mineral concentrationse4
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e4“Mineral concentrations varied considerably depending on the rootstocks and training methods used”
Claim · model-written summary
Xylem sap of grafted melons trained with T2 and T3 methods contained a higher amount of mineral ions than sap from own-rooted plants.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Organ / stage
- Xylem sape5
- Treatment
- grafted melons trained with T2 and T3 methodse5
- Outcome
- amount of mineral ionse5
- Direction
- highere5
- Comparator
- own-rooted plantse6
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e5“Xylem sap collected from the decapitated stem base of grafted melons trained with T2 and T3 methods contained a higher amount of mineral ions”
e6“than did the sap from own-rooted plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting Khatooni onto ShintoHongto rootstock gave the largest increase in sap mineral levels.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Khatoonie7
- Treatment
- graftinge7
- Outcome
- mineral levels in sape7
- Direction
- increasee7
- Qualifier
- ShintoHongtoe7
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t0“Iranian Melon”
e7“The increase in the mineral levels in sap resulting from grafting was most apparent in ‘Khatooni’ grafted onto ‘ShintoHongto’ rootstock”
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