Abstract
The influences of grafting treatments (6001 and Star rootstocks in addition to, check nongrafted transplants) and some foliar spray treatments (potassium silicate at rate 4 and 5 ml/L, calcium at rate 1 and 2 ml/L and check) on growth, yield and fruit quality of watermelon cv. Aswan F1 were investigated. The experiment was conducted in Baloza Research Station, Desert Research Center, at North Sinai Governorate during the two successive growing seasons of 2016 and 2017. The results indicated that plants sprayed with potassium silicate at a rate 5 ml/L or grafted onto Star rootstock recorded the highest significant values on transplant stand (success) percentage, vegetative growth characteristics (plant length, fresh and dry weight), yield and its components (fruit weight, fruit size, rind and flesh thickness and total yield), while the lowest values were observed in check nongrafted plants. Meanwhile, grafting had reducing effect on fruit quality, where the highest values of total soluble solids and total sugars were found in the fruits of nongrafted plants. The application of 5 ml/L potassium silicate gave the best significant values of TSS and total sugars compared with check treatment during the two studied seasons.
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Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 5 ml/L produced the highest transplant success, vegetative growth, yield components and total yield.
- Taxon
- WATERMELON
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- potassium silicate at a rate 5 ml/Le0
- Outcome
- transplant stand (success) percentage, vegetative growth characteristics (plant length, fresh and dry weight), yield and its components (fruit weight, fruit size, rind and flesh thickness and total yield)e0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“plants sprayed with potassium silicate at a rate 5 ml/L or grafted onto Star rootstock recorded the highest significant values on transplant stand (success) percentage, vegetative growth characteristics (plant length, fresh and dry weight), yield and its components (fruit weight, fruit size, rind and flesh thickness and total yield)”
t0“WATERMELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto Star rootstock produced the highest transplant success, vegetative growth, yield components and total yield.
- Taxon
- WATERMELONCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- Star rootstocke0
- Treatment
- grafted onto Star rootstocke0
- Outcome
- transplant stand (success) percentage, vegetative growth characteristics (plant length, fresh and dry weight), yield and its components (fruit weight, fruit size, rind and flesh thickness and total yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants sprayed with potassium silicate at a rate 5 ml/L or grafted onto Star rootstock recorded the highest significant values on transplant stand (success) percentage, vegetative growth characteristics (plant length, fresh and dry weight), yield and its components (fruit weight, fruit size, rind and flesh thickness and total yield)”
t0“WATERMELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Nongrafted plants had the lowest recorded growth and yield values.
- Taxon
- WATERMELONCitrullus lanatust0
- Material
- check nongrafted plantse0
- Outcome
- lowest valuese0
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Verbatim
e0“the lowest values were observed in check nongrafted plants”
t0“WATERMELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Nongrafted plants had the highest fruit total soluble solids and total sugars.
- Taxon
- WATERMELONCitrullus lanatust0
- Organ / stage
- fruitse0
- Treatment
- nongrafted plantse0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids and total sugarse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- graftinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting had reducing effect on fruit quality, where the highest values of total soluble solids and total sugars were found in the fruits of nongrafted plants”
t0“WATERMELON”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 5 ml/L gave the best TSS and total sugars compared with check treatment in both seasons.
- Taxon
- WATERMELONCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- 5 ml/L potassium silicatee0
- Outcome
- TSS and total sugarse0
- Direction
- beste0
- Qualifier
- during the two studied seasonse0
- Comparator
- check treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of 5 ml/L potassium silicate gave the best significant values of TSS and total sugars compared with check treatment during the two studied seasons”
t0“WATERMELON”
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