Abstract
This study investigated the effects of grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid) onto a commercial Cobalt rootstock (Cucurbita maxima × Cucurbita moschata) and a local pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) landrace from Zanjan province (named Zanjan) on plant growth, yield, and postharvest fruit quality. The study was conducted in a greenhouse using a completely randomized design with four replications. Various quantitative and qualitative indices were measured in grafted and non-grafted plants and subsequently, the data were analyzed using ANOVA followed by Tukey’s HSD test (p ≤ 0.05). Relative to non-grafted plants, grafting response varied with respect to the rootstocks. Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%), plant height (from 392.3 to 429.0 cm; + 9.4%), fruit number (from 35.5 to 54.8 fruits per plant; + 54.4%) and total yield (from 2.46 to 3.89 kg per plant; +57.9%), while reducing postharvest weight loss (17.6%) and firmness decline (39.2%). However total soluble solids measured at post-storage did not followe same trends and were highest in the local Zanjan rootstock-grafted plants, indicating variable postharvest responses with respect to the rootstocks. Although the Zanjan rootstock showed a significant increase in root volume (20.6%), it was not superior to the commercial rootstock for most yield-related traits. In contrast, leaf size and sensory quality were reduced in both rootstock-grafted plants; however, the flavor of the fruits remained within an acceptable range for consumers. Overall, the Cobalt rootstock-grafted plants demonstrated a more favorable balance between yield improvement and postharvest performance, therefore, cucumber grafting onto commercial rootstocks (i.e., Cobalt) can be considered a useful strategy to enhance the yield and postharvest quality of greenhouse cucumbers.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased cucumber chlorophyll content by 39.0% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus
Cucumis sativuse0 - Material
- Cobalt rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Grafting onto Cobalt rootstocke1
- Outcome
- chlorophyll contente1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 39.0%e1
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse2
- Setting
- greenhousee3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%)”
e2“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e3“The study was conducted in a greenhouse”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased plant height by 9.4% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Cobalt rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Grafting onto Cobalt rootstocke1
- Outcome
- plant heighte3
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 9.4%e3
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%)”
e2“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e3“plant height (from 392.3 to 429.0 cm; + 9.4%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased fruit number by 54.4% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Cobalt rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Grafting onto Cobalt rootstocke1
- Outcome
- fruit numbere3
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 54.4%e3
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%)”
e2“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e3“fruit number (from 35.5 to 54.8 fruits per plant; + 54.4%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock increased total yield by 57.9% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Cobalt rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Grafting onto Cobalt rootstocke1
- Outcome
- total yielde3
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 57.9%e3
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%)”
e2“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e3“total yield (from 2.46 to 3.89 kg per plant; +57.9%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock reduced postharvest weight loss by 17.6% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Cobalt rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Grafting onto Cobalt rootstocke1
- Outcome
- postharvest weight losse3
- Direction
- reducinge3
- Value
- 17.6%e3
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%)”
e2“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e3“while reducing postharvest weight loss (17.6%) and firmness decline (39.2%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock reduced postharvest firmness decline by 39.2% relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Cobalt rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Grafting onto Cobalt rootstocke1
- Outcome
- firmness declinee3
- Direction
- reducinge3
- Value
- 39.2%e3
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Grafting onto Cobalt rootstock significantly increased chlorophyll content (from 1.22 to 1.69 mg g−1 FW; + 39.0%)”
e2“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e3“while reducing postharvest weight loss (17.6%) and firmness decline (39.2%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Total soluble solids after storage were highest in Zanjan rootstock-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Zanjane1
- Treatment
- Zanjan rootstock-grafted plantse1
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse1
- Direction
- higheste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“total soluble solids measured at post-storage did not followe same trends and were highest in the local Zanjan rootstock-grafted plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Zanjan rootstock increased root volume by 20.6%.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Zanjan rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Zanjan rootstocke1
- Outcome
- root volumee1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 20.6%e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“the Zanjan rootstock showed a significant increase in root volume (20.6%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Zanjan rootstock was not superior to the commercial rootstock for most yield-related traits.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Material
- Zanjan rootstocke1
- Treatment
- Zanjan rootstocke1
- Outcome
- yield-related traitse2
- Direction
- not superiore2
- Comparator
- commercial rootstocke2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“the Zanjan rootstock showed a significant increase in root volume (20.6%)”
e2“it was not superior to the commercial rootstock for most yield-related traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf size and sensory quality were reduced in both rootstock-grafted plants relative to non-grafted plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- rootstock-grafted plantse2
- Outcome
- leaf size and sensory qualitye2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“Relative to non-grafted plants”
e2“leaf size and sensory quality were reduced in both rootstock-grafted plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit flavor remained within an acceptable range for consumers in grafted cucumber.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Outcome
- the flavor of the fruitse1
- Direction
- remained within an acceptable rangee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“the flavor of the fruits remained within an acceptable range for consumers”
Claim · model-written summary
Cobalt rootstock-grafted plants showed a more favorable balance between yield improvement and postharvest performance.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- Cobalt rootstock-grafted plantse1
- Outcome
- balance between yield improvement and postharvest performancee1
- Direction
- more favorablee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“the Cobalt rootstock-grafted plants demonstrated a more favorable balance between yield improvement and postharvest performance”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto commercial rootstocks can be considered a useful strategy to enhance greenhouse cucumber yield and postharvest quality.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativusCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- grafting onto commercial rootstockse1
- Outcome
- yield and postharvest qualitye1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Saba hybrid)”
e1“grafting onto commercial rootstocks (i.e., Cobalt) can be considered a useful strategy to enhance the yield and postharvest quality of greenhouse cucumbers”
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