Abstract
Melon grafting represent an increasingly important strategy against biotic and abiotic stresses. Cucurbita hybrid rootstocks have been extensively developed for this purpose, but it is necessary to find new alternatives. In this work, several experimental rootstocks of cultivated and wild resources from the Cucurbita and Cucumis genera have been evaluated using Piel de Sapo melon as scion. Cucurbita rootstocks tended to increase fruit size and seed cavity and offered more rounded shapes at the early stages of ripening, but this effect was later minimised. Cucumis rootstocks tended to show less vigour than those of Cucurbita . C. metuliferus hybrid rootstock caused plant collapse at specific environmental conditions, probably due to differences in the growth of rootstock and scion. One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybrids were also less vigorous, delaying flowering and fruit set, and compromising yield. The effects of Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks on sugar and acid accumulation of Piel de Sapo were almost negligible, but they altered the volatile profile. This last impact depended on the specific scion x rootstock interaction and the environmental conditions. Cucumis rootstocks tended to minimise it, especially the hybrid Cucumis melo subsp. melo x C. melo subsp. agrestis Pat 81, which offered a volatile profile highly resembling the non-grafted control. Among Cucurbita alternatives, the commercial hybrid Cucurbita maxima x C moschata had the lowest impact, while other experimental hybrids C. moschata x C. moschata and C. maxima x C. moschata increased levels of alcohols. Among Cucumis rootstocks, the hybrids of wild species Cucumis ficifolius x C. anguria and C. ficifolius x C. myriocarpus , and C. metuliferus had a higher impact on the volatile profile. • Cucumis rootstocks represent a good alternative to classic Cucurbita hybrids. • Vigorous varieties as Piel de Sapo may collapse when grafted on C. metuliferus. • C. melo melo x C. melo agrestis Pat 81 minimises impact on flavour related metabolites.
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Claims 16
Claim · model-written summary
Cucurbita rootstocks tended to increase fruit size and seed cavity of grafted Piel de Sapo melon.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis melot0 - Material
- Piel de Sapot0
- Treatment
- Cucurbita rootstockse0
- Outcome
- fruit size and seed cavitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Verbatim
e0“Cucurbita rootstocks tended to increase fruit size and seed cavity”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucurbita rootstocks gave more rounded fruit shapes at early ripening stages, an effect later minimised.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Piel de Sapot0
- Treatment
- Cucurbita rootstockse0
- Outcome
- rounded shapese0
- Direction
- more roundede0
- Qualifier
- at the early stages of ripening, but this effect was later minimisede0
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Verbatim
e0“Cucurbita rootstocks tended to increase fruit size and seed cavity and offered more rounded shapes at the early stages of ripening, but this effect was later minimised”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumis rootstocks tended to give less vigour than Cucurbita rootstocks.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Piel de Sapot0
- Treatment
- Cucumis rootstockse0
- Outcome
- vigoure0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- Cucurbitae0
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Verbatim
e0“Cucumis rootstocks tended to show less vigour than those of Cucurbita”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The C. metuliferus hybrid rootstock caused plant collapse of Piel de Sapo melon under specific environmental conditions.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Piel de Sapot0
- Treatment
- C. metuliferus hybrid rootstocke0
- Outcome
- plant collapsee0
- Qualifier
- at specific environmental conditionse0
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Verbatim
e0“C. metuliferus hybrid rootstock caused plant collapse at specific environmental conditions”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The plant collapse with the C. metuliferus hybrid rootstock was probably due to differences in growth of rootstock and scion.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Outcome
- plant collapsee0
- Qualifier
- probably due to differences in the growth of rootstock and scione0
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Verbatim
e0“caused plant collapse at specific environmental conditions, probably due to differences in the growth of rootstock and scion”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
One Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata hybrid and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybrid rootstocks were less vigorous.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybridse0
- Outcome
- vigorouse0
- Direction
- lesse0
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Verbatim
e0“One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybrids were also less vigorous”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The same hybrid rootstocks delayed flowering and fruit set.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybridse0
- Outcome
- flowering and fruit sete0
- Direction
- delayinge0
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Verbatim
e0“One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybrids were also less vigorous, delaying flowering and fruit set, and compromising yield”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The same hybrid rootstocks compromised yield.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybridse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- compromisinge0
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Verbatim
e0“One of the Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata and the Cucurbita pepo experimental hybrids were also less vigorous, delaying flowering and fruit set, and compromising yield”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks had almost negligible effects on sugar and acid accumulation of Piel de Sapo.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Piel de Sapoe0
- Treatment
- Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstockse0
- Outcome
- sugar and acid accumulatione0
- Direction
- negligiblee0
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Verbatim
e0“The effects of Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks on sugar and acid accumulation of Piel de Sapo were almost negligible, but they altered the volatile profile”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks altered the volatile profile of Piel de Sapo.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Material
- Piel de Sapoe0
- Treatment
- Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstockse0
- Outcome
- volatile profilee0
- Direction
- alterede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The effects of Cucurbita and Cucumis rootstocks on sugar and acid accumulation of Piel de Sapo were almost negligible, but they altered the volatile profile”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The impact on the volatile profile depended on the specific scion x rootstock interaction and the environmental conditions.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- specific scion x rootstock interactione0
- Outcome
- volatile profilee0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“they altered the volatile profile. This last impact depended on the specific scion x rootstock interaction and the environmental conditions”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The Cucumis melo subsp. melo x C. melo subsp. agrestis hybrid Pat 81 gave a volatile profile highly resembling the non-grafted control.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- hybrid Cucumis melo subsp. melo x C. melo subsp. agrestis Pat 81e0
- Outcome
- volatile profilee0
- Direction
- highly resemblinge0
- Qualifier
- Cucumis rootstocks tended to minimise ite0
- Comparator
- non-grafted controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Cucumis rootstocks tended to minimise it, especially the hybrid Cucumis melo subsp. melo x C. melo subsp. agrestis Pat 81, which offered a volatile profile highly resembling the non-grafted control”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Among Cucurbita alternatives, the commercial hybrid Cucurbita maxima x C moschata had the lowest impact.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- commercial hybrid Cucurbita maxima x C moschatae0
- Outcome
- impacte0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Comparator
- Cucurbita alternativese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among Cucurbita alternatives, the commercial hybrid Cucurbita maxima x C moschata had the lowest impact”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Experimental hybrids C. moschata x C. moschata and C. maxima x C. moschata increased levels of alcohols.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- experimental hybrids C. moschata x C. moschata and C. maxima x C. moschatae0
- Outcome
- levels of alcoholse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“other experimental hybrids C. moschata x C. moschata and C. maxima x C. moschata increased levels of alcohols”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
The hybrids of wild species Cucumis ficifolius x C. anguria and C. ficifolius x C. myriocarpus, and C. metuliferus had a higher impact on the volatile profile.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Treatment
- Cucumis ficifolius x C. anguria and C. ficifolius x C. myriocarpus , and C. metuliferuse0
- Outcome
- impact on the volatile profilee0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Cucumis ficifolius x C. anguria and C. ficifolius x C. myriocarpus , and C. metuliferus had a higher impact on the volatile profile”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumis rootstocks are a good alternative to classic Cucurbita hybrids.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis melot0
- Outcome
- good alternative to classic Cucurbita hybridse0
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Verbatim
e0“Cucumis rootstocks represent a good alternative to classic Cucurbita hybrids”
t0“Piel de Sapo melon”
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