How rootstock/scion combinations affect watermelon fruit quality after harvest?

E Fallik, C Ziv - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Grafting of vegetable seedlings is a unique horticultural technology, practiced for more than
five decades, aiming to overcome problems associated with intensive cultivation on limited …

Disruption of REC8 in Meiosis I led to watermelon seedless

L Cao, C Li, H Li, Z Wang, Y Jiang, Y Guo, P Sun… - Plant Science, 2022 - Elsevier
In triploid watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), the homologous chromosomes of germ cells are
disorder during meiosis, resulting in the failure of seeds formation and producing seedless …

Transcriptomic analysis of melon/squash graft junction reveals molecular mechanisms potentially underlying the graft union development

C Xu, Y Zhang, M Zhao, Y Liu, X Xu, T Li - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. makuwa Makino) has become a widely planted
horticultural crop in China especially in recent years and has been subjected to the grafting …

A meta-analysis on rootstock-induced effects in grafted watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus)

J Mashilo, H Shimelis, RI Contreras-Soto… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sweet watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) grafting with complementary rootstocks is
necessary for new variety design and to enhance product profiles, including fruit yield and …

Cucurbit Rootstocks Resistant to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Remain Resistant When Coinfected by Meloidogyne incognita in the Field

AP Keinath, WP Wechter, WB Rutter… - Plant …, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Interspecific hybrid squash (Cucurbita maxima× Cucurbita moschata) rootstocks used to
graft watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) are resistant to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp …

Genome-wide characteristics of GH9B family members in melon and their expression profiles under exogenous hormone and far-red light treatment during the grafting …

Y Zhu, J Guo, F Wu, H Yu, J Min, Y Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
β-1, 4-glucanase can not only promote the wound healing of grafted seedlings but can also
have a positive effect on a plant's cell wall construction. As a critical gene of β-1, 4 …

Consumer perception of whole watermelons

Y Liu, H Keefer, M Watson… - Journal of Food Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There are many varieties of watermelons, providing distinct external and internal sensory
attributes. This study used an online survey (n= 700) and focus groups (n= 25) to investigate …

Rootstock effects on yield and some consumer important fruit quality parameters of eggplant cv.'Madonna'under protected cultivation

M Mozafarian, NSB Ismail, N Kappel - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to investigate the effect of different rootstocks on the yield and quality of
eggplant cv.'Madonna'in soilless pot culture in an unheated polyethylene greenhouse. The …

Instrumental and sensory analyses of fruit quality attributes of grafted grape tomatoes in high tunnel organic production systems

T Gong, X Zhang, JK Brecht, T Serrano… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND 'Vegetative'and 'generative'tomato rootstock types have been
proposed based on their different effects on tomato scion growth performance; however …

Cucurbitaceae germplasm resistance to verticillium wilt and grafting compatibility with watermelon

A Attavar, L Tymon, P Perkins-Veazie, CA Miles - HortScience, 2020 - journals.ashs.org
Grafting is used in watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai] production as
a means to combat soilborne diseases. To support the development of new rootstock …