Abstract
Melon landraces are highly appreciated by consumers who pay price premiums to compensate for lower yields, enabling on-farm conservation. However, they are highly susceptible to soilborne diseases. This study analyses the impact of Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks on the accumulation of flavor-related metabolites in Spanish landraces of the Ibericus melon group, as a strategy to promote their sustainable cultivation. Scion genotype was the main factor conditioning the accumulation of sugars and acids both under standard and saline organic farming conditions. The effects of grafting on organic acid accumulation were negligible, while the effects on sugar content were significant. The latter effects were dependent on specific scion-rootstock combinations, though wild Cucumis (e.g. Fian) rootstocks represent an alternative that should be further studied. The effect on the accumulation of volatiles was limited, and again depended on specific scion-rootstock combinations. The rootstock effect even differed between populations of the same landrace.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Scion genotype was the main factor affecting sugar accumulation across standard and saline organic farming.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis melot0 - Material
- Scion genotypee0
- Outcome
- accumulation of sugarse0
- Setting
- standard and saline organic farming conditionse0
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t0“melon”
e0“Scion genotype was the main factor conditioning the accumulation of sugars and acids both under standard and saline organic farming conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Scion genotype was the main factor affecting acid accumulation across standard and saline organic farming.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Scion genotypee0
- Outcome
- acidse0
- Setting
- standard and saline organic farming conditionse0
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t0“melon”
e0“Scion genotype was the main factor conditioning the accumulation of sugars and acids both under standard and saline organic farming conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting had negligible effects on organic acid accumulation.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- graftinge0
- Outcome
- organic acid accumulatione0
- Direction
- negligiblee0
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t0“melon”
e0“The effects of grafting on organic acid accumulation were negligible”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting significantly affected sugar content, depending on scion-rootstock combination.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- graftinge1
- Outcome
- sugar contente0
- Qualifier
- specific scion-rootstock combinationse0
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t0“melon”
e0“the effects on sugar content were significant. The latter effects were dependent on specific scion-rootstock combinations”
e1“The effects of grafting on organic acid accumulation were negligible”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting had a limited effect on volatiles, dependent on scion-rootstock combination.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- graftinge1
- Outcome
- accumulation of volatilese0
- Direction
- limitede0
- Qualifier
- specific scion-rootstock combinationse0
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t0“melon”
e0“The effect on the accumulation of volatiles was limited, and again depended on specific scion-rootstock combinations”
e1“The effects of grafting on organic acid accumulation were negligible”
Claim · model-written summary
Rootstock effects differed between populations of the same landrace.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- same landracee0
- Outcome
- rootstock effecte0
- Direction
- differede0
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t0“melon”
e0“The rootstock effect even differed between populations of the same landrace”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest further study of wild Cucumis rootstocks as an alternative.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Outcome
- wild Cucumis (e.g. Fian) rootstocks represent an alternative that should be further studiede0
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t0“melon”
e0“wild Cucumis (e.g. Fian) rootstocks represent an alternative that should be further studied”
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