Abstract
Bio-stimulants and grafting represent pivotal sustainable strategies to enhance crop productivity and quality while minimizing dependence on chemical fertilizers. Bio-stimulants activate plant defense mechanisms against biotic and abiotic stresses while improving metabolic efficiency, whereas grafting serves as an eco-friendly alter-native to pesticides, mitigating soil-borne diseases and boosting yield. The present study was carried out at El kottna area, El Dakahlia governorate, Egypt during the period from 2022 to 2023 to Study the effect of applying different sources of biostimulant (Condensed molasses soluble (CMS) and Algae extract) on grafted watermelon Seedlings on growth, yield and quality of watermelon. Two experiments were carried out; greenhouse and field experiment including one grafting method, i.e., as follows one cotyledon grafting method (Splice), and one scion of watermelon with rootstocks. Treatments were; 100% Control (recommendation R), 100% R + 10 ml/liter Al-gae extract, 100% R + 15 ml/liter Algae extract, 100% R + 20 ml/liter Algae extract, 100% R + 10 ml/liter CMS, 100% R + 15 ml/liter CMS, and 100% R + 20 ml/liter CMS. Results indicated that CMS at 20 mL/L significantly enhanced fruit weight (23% in 2022 and 31.4% in 2023) compared to control and TSS (31.2% in 2022 and 37.2% in 2023) over the control. Also, Algae extract at 20 mL/L also improved fruit weight by (22.2% in 2022 and 26.8% in 2023) over control and TSS by (15.5% in 2022 and 23.5 % in 2023) over the control. Biostimu-lants significantly increased yield per plant, CMS at 20 ml/L showing the highest yield per plant (24.2% in 2022, 31.5% in 2023), closely followed by algae extract (23.42% and 26.8% in 2022 and 2023, respectively). Highly recommend CMS at 20 ml/L as a biostimulant spray for grafted watermelon seedlings and crops. CMS improves production quality, increases yield, and enhances Brix and TSS of watermelons.
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Claim · model-written summary
CMS at 20 mL/L increased fruit weight 23% in 2022.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatust0 - Treatment
- CMS at 20 mL/Le0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 23%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
- Setting
- 2022e0
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Verbatim
e0“CMS at 20 mL/L significantly enhanced fruit weight (23% in 2022 and 31.4% in 2023) compared to control”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
CMS at 20 mL/L increased fruit weight 31.4% in 2023.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- CMS at 20 mL/Le0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- 31.4%e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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e0“CMS at 20 mL/L significantly enhanced fruit weight (23% in 2022 and 31.4% in 2023) compared to control”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
CMS increased TSS 31.2% in 2022.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- CMSt1
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Value
- 31.2%e0
- Qualifier
- 2022e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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e0“TSS (31.2% in 2022 and 37.2% in 2023) over the control”
t0“Watermelon”
t1“CMS at 20 mL/L significantly enhanced”
Claim · model-written summary
CMS increased TSS 37.2% in 2023.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- CMSt1
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Value
- 37.2%e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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e0“TSS (31.2% in 2022 and 37.2% in 2023) over the control”
t0“Watermelon”
t1“CMS at 20 mL/L significantly enhanced”
Claim · model-written summary
Algae extract improved fruit weight by 22.2% in 2022.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Algae extract at 20 mL/Le0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 22.2%e0
- Qualifier
- 2022e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Algae extract at 20 mL/L also improved fruit weight by (22.2% in 2022 and 26.8% in 2023) over control”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Algae extract improved fruit weight by 26.8% in 2023.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Algae extract at 20 mL/Le0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 26.8%e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Algae extract at 20 mL/L also improved fruit weight by (22.2% in 2022 and 26.8% in 2023) over control”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Algae extract increased TSS by 15.5% in 2022.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Algae extractt1
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Value
- 15.5%e0
- Qualifier
- 2022e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“TSS by (15.5% in 2022 and 23.5 % in 2023) over the control”
t0“Watermelon”
t1“Algae extract at 20 mL/L also improved”
Claim · model-written summary
Algae extract increased TSS by 23.5 % in 2023.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Algae extractt1
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Value
- 23.5 %e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“TSS by (15.5% in 2022 and 23.5 % in 2023) over the control”
t0“Watermelon”
t1“Algae extract at 20 mL/L also improved”
Claim · model-written summary
CMS gave the highest yield per plant, 24.2% in 2022.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- CMS at 20 ml/Le0
- Outcome
- yield per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 24.2%e0
- Qualifier
- 2022e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Biostimu-lants significantly increased yield per plant, CMS at 20 ml/L showing the highest yield per plant (24.2% in 2022, 31.5% in 2023)”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
CMS gave the highest yield per plant, 31.5% in 2023.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- CMS at 20 ml/Le0
- Outcome
- yield per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 31.5%e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“CMS at 20 ml/L showing the highest yield per plant (24.2% in 2022, 31.5% in 2023)”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Algae extract increased yield per plant 23.42% in 2022.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- algae extracte0
- Outcome
- yield per plante1
- Value
- 23.42%e0
- Qualifier
- 2022e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“closely followed by algae extract (23.42% and 26.8% in 2022 and 2023, respectively)”
t0“Watermelon”
e1“highest yield per plant”
Claim · model-written summary
Algae extract increased yield per plant 26.8% in 2023.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- algae extracte0
- Value
- 26.8%e0
- Qualifier
- 2023e0
Not reportedComparatorOutcomeDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“closely followed by algae extract (23.42% and 26.8% in 2022 and 2023, respectively)”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend CMS at 20 ml/L for grafted watermelon.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Outcome
- CMS at 20 ml/L as a biostimulant spraye0
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Verbatim
e0“Highly recommend CMS at 20 ml/L as a biostimulant spray for grafted watermelon seedlings and crops”
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