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Effects of different rootstocks on plant growth and fruit quality of watermelon

  

  1. (1 Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinhua 321017, China; 2 College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China)
  • Online:2015-06-25 Published:2015-06-26

Abstract: A mini\|watermelon cultivar Jinmi 2 was grafted on eight different rootstocks to study the effect of different rootstocks on plant growth and fruit quality. The results indicated Yongzhen 5, Chaofeng F1 and Nanzhen 1 had a high grafting survival rate and good affinity with the scion variety. Yongzhen 5 and Nanzhen 1 possessed strong growth and higher average single fruit weight. The sugar content of Yongzhen 5 and Chaofeng F1 increased. The result indicated that Yongzhen 5 was the optimal rootstock for Jinmi 2 among the eight different rootstock varieties.

Key words: watermelon, grafting, rootstock, growth, quality