Abstract
Watermelon fruit from ‘Crisby’ (CR) and ‘Crimson Tide’ (CT) grafted onto Ferro, RS841, Argentario and Macis rootstocks and non-grafted CR and CT were compared for their postharvest quality at 7 °C for 21 days. Changes in rind thickness, weight loss, fruit flesh firmness, taste, total soluble solids, juice pH, titratable acidity, chilling injury and fungal decay, flesh color values, hallow heart, ripening, citric and malic acid, glucose, fructose, sucrose, total sugar, β-carotene and lycopene were determined during storage at a weekly interval. Watermelon fruit cv. CT grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind, lower ripening score, higher flesh firmness and lycopene content, more intense red color during storage, compared to non-grafted fruit. In comparison to non-grafted fruit, CR fruit grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind and higher flesh firmness, but higher lycopene content and C* values with lower ripening scores were observed only in the fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks. Macis and Argentario may lead an over-ripening, softening and less intense flesh color with lower lycopene content for CR and/or CT fruit during storage. Watermelons could successfully be kept for 21 days at 7 °C. Watermelons grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks retained better postharvest quality, compared to the non-grafted fruit for both cultivars.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CT fruit had thicker rind than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- Watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Material
- CTe0
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse0
- Outcome
- rinde0
- Direction
- thickere0
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Watermelon fruit cv. CT grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind, lower ripening score, higher flesh firmness and lycopene content, more intense red color during storage, compared to non-grafted fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CT fruit had a lower ripening score than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Material
- CTe0
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse0
- Outcome
- ripening scoree0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Watermelon fruit cv. CT grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind, lower ripening score, higher flesh firmness and lycopene content, more intense red color during storage, compared to non-grafted fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CT fruit had higher flesh firmness than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Material
- CTe0
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse0
- Outcome
- flesh firmnesse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Watermelon fruit cv. CT grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind, lower ripening score, higher flesh firmness and lycopene content, more intense red color during storage, compared to non-grafted fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CT fruit had higher lycopene content than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Material
- CTe0
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse0
- Outcome
- lycopene contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Watermelon fruit cv. CT grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind, lower ripening score, higher flesh firmness and lycopene content, more intense red color during storage, compared to non-grafted fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CT fruit had a more intense red color during storage than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Material
- CTe0
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse0
- Outcome
- red colore0
- Direction
- more intensee0
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Watermelon fruit cv. CT grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind, lower ripening score, higher flesh firmness and lycopene content, more intense red color during storage, compared to non-grafted fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CR fruit had thicker rind than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CRe1
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse1
- Outcome
- rinde1
- Direction
- thickere1
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e1“In comparison to non-grafted fruit, CR fruit grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind and higher flesh firmness, but higher lycopene content and C* values with lower ripening scores were observed only in the fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted CR fruit had higher flesh firmness than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CRe1
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstockse1
- Outcome
- flesh firmnesse1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e1“In comparison to non-grafted fruit, CR fruit grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind and higher flesh firmness, but higher lycopene content and C* values with lower ripening scores were observed only in the fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
CR fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks only had higher lycopene content and C* values than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CRe1
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstockse1
- Outcome
- lycopene content and C* valuese1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- onlye1
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e1“In comparison to non-grafted fruit, CR fruit grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind and higher flesh firmness, but higher lycopene content and C* values with lower ripening scores were observed only in the fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
CR fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks only had lower ripening scores than non-grafted fruit.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CRe1
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstockse1
- Outcome
- ripening scorese1
- Direction
- lowere1
- Qualifier
- onlye1
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e1“In comparison to non-grafted fruit, CR fruit grafted on Ferro, RS841 and Argentario rootstocks had thicker rind and higher flesh firmness, but higher lycopene content and C* values with lower ripening scores were observed only in the fruit grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Macis and Argentario rootstocks may lead to over-ripening and softening of CR and/or CT fruit during storage.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CR and/or CTe2
- Treatment
- Macis and Argentarioe2
- Outcome
- over-ripening, softeninge2
- Direction
- may leade2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e2“Macis and Argentario may lead an over-ripening, softening and less intense flesh color with lower lycopene content for CR and/or CT fruit during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Macis and Argentario rootstocks may lead to lower lycopene content in CR and/or CT fruit during storage.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CR and/or CTe2
- Treatment
- Macis and Argentarioe2
- Outcome
- lycopene contente2
- Direction
- lowere2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e2“Macis and Argentario may lead an over-ripening, softening and less intense flesh color with lower lycopene content for CR and/or CT fruit during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Macis and Argentario rootstocks may lead to less intense flesh color in CR and/or CT fruit during storage.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- CR and/or CTe2
- Treatment
- Macis and Argentarioe2
- Outcome
- flesh colore2
- Direction
- less intensee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Watermelon Cultivars”
e2“Macis and Argentario may lead an over-ripening, softening and less intense flesh color with lower lycopene content for CR and/or CT fruit during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelons grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks retained better postharvest quality than non-grafted fruit for both cultivars.
- Taxon
- WatermelonsCitrullus lanatuse3
- Treatment
- grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstockse3
- Outcome
- postharvest qualitye3
- Direction
- retained bettere3
- Comparator
- non-grafted fruite3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Watermelons grafted on Ferro and RS841 rootstocks retained better postharvest quality, compared to the non-grafted fruit for both cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelons could be kept for 21 days at 7 °C with successful storage.
- Taxon
- WatermelonsCitrullus lanatuse4
- Outcome
- kept for 21 dayse4
- Value
- 21 dayse4
- Qualifier
- at 7 °Ce4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Watermelons could successfully be kept for 21 days at 7 °C”
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