Phytochemical characteristics of grafted watermelon on different bottle gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) collected from Mediterranean region of Turkey

Authors : Elif ÇANDIR, Halit YETİŞİR, Fatih KARACA, Durmuş ÜSTÜN

Pages : 443-456

Doi:10.3906/tar-1207-21

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Publication Date : 2013-08-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The objective of this study is to determine the sugar, organic acid, and carotenoid content of Crimson Tide watermelons grafted onto bottle gourd genotypes collected from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The experiment was carried out during the 2008 and 2009 growing season. Grafting on the local bottle gourd rootstocks improved the total soluble solid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TSS);, titratable acidity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TA);, TSS/TA ratio, sugar, organic acid, and carotenoid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(beta-carotene and lycopene); contents of Crimson Tide fruits. Grafting also altered the ratios among the sugars of Crimson Tide watermelon fruits. Among the Crimson Tide/rootstock insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CT/rootstock); combinations, the CT/09-01 and CT/07-06 graft combinations with higher sucrose, lycopene, and total carotenoid content were found promising to increase the quality of Crimson Tide fruits. Commercial rootstocks insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Macis and Argentario); reduced carotenoid content compared to the control.
Keywords : Key words Bottle gourd, carotenoid, organic acid, rootstock, sugar