Enhancement of salt tolerance in watermelon using grafting
Joint Authors
Sharaf al-Din, Asma A. A.
Isa, M. A. M.
Zaghlul, Sana Abd al-Rahman Mustafa
al-Shraiy, Amal Muhammad
Source
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2018), pp.327-334, 8 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Agriculture
Publication Date
2018-06-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Pots experiment was conducted in the experi-mental farm of Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams Univ.
during the seasons of 2015 and 2016 to investigate the effect of grafting on salt tolerance of watermelon plants.
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, Hybrid F1) Aswan1 was grafted onto the rootstock of Flexifort pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima x C.
moschata) and irrigated with four different concentrations of NaCl (0.0, 2000, 4000, 6000 ppm).
Two samples were taken at 20 and 40 days after planting (DAP).
Plant height, leaf numbers and area, branches number, root length, and shoot and root fresh and dry weights were negitavly affected by salinity in un-grafted plants and this effect was directly propor-tional to NaCl concentrations.
On the contrary, grafting positively affected the aforementioned parameters and minimized the harmful effect of salinity.
Furthermore, grafted plants showed higher growth vigor comparing with ungrafted control plants or plants received the same treatment of NaCl and these effects were mostly siginificant.
An increase in membrane permeability (MP) was de-tected at 20 and 40 DAP by application of different levels of NaCl salinity and this effect was positively correlated with NaCl concentration.
Grafted plants showed decreasing in MP with 12.7% higher LRWC than ungrafted plants.
Under 2000, 4000, 6000 NaCl ppm salinity levels, the values of salt injury index recorded 15.1, 26.5 and 37.5 in un-grafted plants at 20 DAP comparing with 0.0, 6.9 and 12.9 in grafted ones.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sharaf al-Din, Asma A. A.& al-Shraiy, Amal Muhammad& Isa, M. A. M.& Zaghlul, Sana Abd al-Rahman Mustafa. 2018. Enhancement of salt tolerance in watermelon using grafting. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences،Vol. 26, no. 1, pp.327-334.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sharaf al-Din, Asma A. A.…[et al.]. Enhancement of salt tolerance in watermelon using grafting. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 26, no. 1 (2018), pp.327-334.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sharaf al-Din, Asma A. A.& al-Shraiy, Amal Muhammad& Isa, M. A. M.& Zaghlul, Sana Abd al-Rahman Mustafa. Enhancement of salt tolerance in watermelon using grafting. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 2018. Vol. 26, no. 1, pp.327-334.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-913159