Effects of double-rootstock grafting on growth and fruit quality of watermelon
CHEN Wenming
ZHONG Chuan
LIAO Jianjie
BAO Wanxue
YANG Yanjuan
YU Wenjin
Abstract：In order to explore a simple and feasible way to improve the quality of grafted watermelon,double-rootstock grafting was carried out with the gourd rootstock and pumpkin stock.The growth and fruit quality of double stock grafting,conventional single stock grafting and self grafted watermelon were studied.The experimental result indicated that the double-rootstock grafted watermelon could significantly increase the length of main stem,the stem diameter,the soluble sugar content,vitamin C content,lycopene content and total free amino acid content of the fruit,the fruit weight of double-root-stock grafted watermelon was the highest (1.34 kg),compared with the fruit weight of self root grafting (CK),gourd and pumpkin grafting watermelon increased by 91.43 ％,81.08 ％,50.56 ％.The double stock grafting was able to synthesize the advantages of single stock,enhance the growth of grafted watermelon,significantly increase the single fruit weight,and significantly improve the quality of the fruit.
Keywords：key words: WatermelonDouble-rootstockGraftingQuality
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 13-16 )