How rootstock/scion combinations affect watermelon fruit quality after harvest?. (26th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fallik, Elazar; Ziv, Carmit
• Is Part Of: Journal of the science of food and agriculture. Volume 100:Number 8(2020)
• Page Start: 3275
• Page End: 3282
• Publication Date: 2020-02-26
• Subjects: compatibility -- costs -- incompatibility -- sensory properties -- shelf‐life -- volatiles; Food -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Periodicals; 664
• DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10325
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-5142

Abstract

Abstract: 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 arable land. Grafting can protect vegetables against soil‐borne diseases and nematodes; against abiotic stresses such as high or low temperatures, salinity, drought or excessive soil‐water content; and against elevated soil concentrations of heavy metals and organic pollutants. Watermelon is one of the most popular vegetables to be grafted, and more than 90% of the plants worldwide are commercially grafted. This mini review aims to summarize the latest available information about the effects of rootstock/scion combinations with respect to enhancing or impairing watermelon fruit‐quality. A better understand of the influence of rootstock/scion compatibility or incompatibility on fruit‐quality parameters will facilitate decision‐making by growers and direct breeding programs to produce high‐quality grafted fruits in a cost‐effective manner. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry