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Non-grafted and grafted seedless watermelon transplants : comparative economic feasibility analysis

open access: yes, 2016
The results presented in this WSU publication serve as a general guide for evaluating the feasibility of growing greenhouse seedless watermelon transplants, both non-grafted and grafted, as well as using grafted transplants to produce seedless watermelon
Miles, Carol A.   +5 more
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Watermelon plants grafted onto watermelon (Wm/Wm) or onto bottle gourd (Wm/BG) and squash (Wm/Sq) at the two true-leaf stage.

open access: yes, 2013
Watermelon plants grafted onto watermelon (Wm/Wm) or onto bottle gourd (Wm/BG) and squash (Wm/Sq) at the two true-leaf stage.
Jinghua Yang (31382)   +4 more
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Twenty years of cucurbit breeding research at the World Vegetable Center

open access: yesCrop Science, Volume 65, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
Abstract The contribution of cucurbit crops to global food and nutrition security is immense. They are economically and nutritionally important to smallholder farmers in Asia, who account for 81% of global cucurbit production. World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) has been focused for 20 years on four species: bitter gourd (Momordica charantia), ridge ...
Narinder Pal Singh Dhillon
wiley   +1 more source

Watermelon Rootstock/Scion Relationships and the Effects of Fruit-Thinning and Stem-Pruning on Yield and Postharvest Fruit Quality

open access: yesAgriculture, 2020
This study examined the effects of stem-pruning and fruit-thinning on the yield of marketable watermelon fruit (>5 kg) and watermelon quality after four days of postharvest storage at 22 °C (marketing simulation).
Merav Zaaroor-Presman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cucurbit aphid‐borne yellows virus: A growing but overlooked threat to global cucurbit production

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, Volume 187, Issue 3, Page 318-329, November 2025.
Cucurbit aphid‐borne yellows virus (CABYV) presents a significant threat to cucurbit crops worldwide. In this description of a plant virus we review what is currently known about this plant virus. Abstract Cucurbit aphid‐borne yellows virus (CABYV) presents a significant threat to cucurbit crops worldwide.
M. P. Rabadán   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expression profiles of target miRNAs in grafted watermelon under normal growth conditions.

open access: yes, 2016
(A) Expression pattern of Cla-miR164a in the leaves of grafted watermelon scions. “Wm/Wm”, “Wm/Sq” and “Wm/Bg” represent self-, squash- and bottle gourd-grafted watermelon, respectively. (B) Expression pattern of Cmo-miR397a in squash roots. “Sq” and “Wm/
Jinghua Yang (31382)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Different expressed known miRNAs identified in watermelon grafted onto bottle gourd and squash rootstocks.

open access: yes, 2013
*Log2 ratio of normalized miRNA expression in grafted watermelon compared with control; ↑and ↓:up- and down-regulated, respectively.
Jinghua Yang (31382)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of Grafting on Nutrient Element Content and Yield in Watermelon

open access: yesEge Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2018
  This study was conducted to determine the effects of grafting and rootstock-scion combinations on the yield and nutrient content for both the leaves and fruit of watermelons. Two watermelon (Citrillus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai) varieties Crisby and Crimstar were grafted on to Ferro and RS 841, and the commercial hybrids of Cucurbita ...
Şafak Ceylan   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Root-growth Characteristics Contributing to Genotypic Variation in Nitrogen Efficiency of Bottle Gourd and Rootstock Potential for Watermelon

open access: yesPlants, 2019
In this study, two hydroponic experiments were conducted in nutrient solution growth system. Experiments were conducted in growth chamber of Erciyes University, Agricultural Faculty in Kayseri, Turkey.
Abdullah Ulas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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