Abstract
hydroponic culture is the fastest growing sector of agriculture, and it could be impetus for food production in the future. It is expected to grow exponentially also in the future, as conditions of growing soil becoming difficult. In the current study, the effect of different rootstocks on cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.) F1 hybrid Galia and the reflection of that on water consumption, growth, nutrient uptake, fruit yield and quality were studied for two successive seasons 2016 and 2017 by comparing grafted plants with non-grafted ones under two systems of hydroponic (Nutrient Film Technique and substrate culture mixture of 1 peat, 1 vermiculite and1 perlite). The Galia cantaloupe hybrid was grafted onto Lagenaria sicenaria and Cucurbita ficifolia. Non-grafted plants were used as control with both soilless culture systems. The results indicated that NFT as soilless culture system led to significant increase on plant growth characters i.e. plant height, leaves number/plant and stem thickness compared to traditional growing media. Grafting positively affected plant growth i.e. plant height, leaf number and stem thickness. Water consumption was affected also by grafting where the highest water consumption was recorded with cantaloupe plants grown in NFT system and grafted into Lagenaria sicenaria rootstock. Although growing media saved water use by plants from 85-87% in comparison with estimated water requirement calculated according pan evaporation method, the yield was low with using media cultivation system in comparison with yield of the plants grown in NFT system which saved only 39-41% of estimated water requirement increases in fruit yield and fruit size were recorded with grafted plants and this clear which may be due to utilization of the vigorous root system of the rootstocks. These grafted plants also shows increasing in minerals uptake when compared with nongrafted plantsIn general, plants grown in NFT system produced fruits characterized with superior quality, high yield, rapid harvest, and high nutrient content.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
The NFT soilless culture system significantly increased plant height, leaf number per plant and stem thickness of cantaloupe compared with traditional growing media.
- Taxon
- cantaloupe
Cucumis melo var. cantalupoe0 - Treatment
- NFT as soilless culture systeme1
- Outcome
- plant growth characters i.e. plant height, leaves number/plant and stem thicknesse1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Comparator
- traditional growing mediae1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“NFT as soilless culture system led to significant increase on plant growth characters i.e. plant height, leaves number/plant and stem thickness compared to traditional growing media”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting positively affected plant height, leaf number and stem thickness of cantaloupe compared with non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- Graftinge1
- Outcome
- plant growth i.e. plant height, leaf number and stem thicknesse1
- Direction
- positively affectede1
- Comparator
- Non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“Grafting positively affected plant growth i.e. plant height, leaf number and stem thickness”
e2“Non-grafted plants were used as control”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest water consumption was recorded with cantaloupe plants grown in the NFT system and grafted onto Lagenaria sicenaria rootstock.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- grafted into Lagenaria sicenaria rootstocke1
- Outcome
- water consumptione1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Setting
- NFT systeme1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“the highest water consumption was recorded with cantaloupe plants grown in NFT system and grafted into Lagenaria sicenaria rootstock”
Claim · model-written summary
Growing media saved 85-87% of water use compared with the estimated water requirement from the pan evaporation method.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- growing mediae1
- Outcome
- water usee1
- Direction
- savede1
- Value
- 85-87%e1
- Comparator
- estimated water requirement calculated according pan evaporation methode1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“growing media saved water use by plants from 85-87% in comparison with estimated water requirement calculated according pan evaporation method”
Claim · model-written summary
The NFT system saved only 39-41% of the estimated water requirement.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- NFT systeme1
- Outcome
- watere1
- Direction
- savede1
- Value
- 39-41%e1
- Comparator
- estimated water requiremente1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“NFT system which saved only 39-41% of estimated water requirement”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit yield was low with the media cultivation system in comparison with the NFT system.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- media cultivation systeme1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- lowe1
- Comparator
- NFT systeme1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“the yield was low with using media cultivation system in comparison with yield of the plants grown in NFT system”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit yield and fruit size increased with grafted plants compared with non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse1
- Outcome
- fruit yield and fruit sizee1
- Direction
- increasese1
- Comparator
- Non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“increases in fruit yield and fruit size were recorded with grafted plants”
e2“Non-grafted plants were used as control”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest the increases in fruit yield and fruit size with grafted plants may be due to utilization of the vigorous root system of the rootstocks.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse1
- Outcome
- increases in fruit yield and fruit sizee1
- Qualifier
- utilization of the vigorous root system of the rootstockse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“increases in fruit yield and fruit size were recorded with grafted plants and this clear which may be due to utilization of the vigorous root system of the rootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted plants showed increased mineral uptake compared with non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse1
- Outcome
- minerals uptakee1
- Direction
- increasinge1
- Comparator
- nongrafted plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“These grafted plants also shows increasing in minerals uptake when compared with nongrafted plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Plants grown in the NFT system produced fruits with superior quality and high yield.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- NFT systeme1
- Outcome
- superior quality, high yielde1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“plants grown in NFT system produced fruits characterized with superior quality, high yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Plants grown in the NFT system produced fruits with rapid harvest and high nutrient content.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe0
- Treatment
- NFT systeme1
- Outcome
- rapid harvest, and high nutrient contente1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cantaloupe plants (Cucumis melo L.)”
e1“plants grown in NFT system produced fruits characterized with superior quality, high yield, rapid harvest, and high nutrient content”
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