Effect of salinity on yield, fruit quality, leaf gas exchange, and mineral composition of grafted watermelon plants

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 622-627

  Colla, Guiseppe ^a   Rouphael, Youssef ^a   Cardarelli, Mariateresa ^a   Rea, Elvira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Gas exchange; Grafting; Mineral composition; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GLUCOSE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GREENHOUSES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; UNGRAFTED PLANTS; WATERMELON PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; PLANTS; SALINITY;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA;

EID: 33646455057     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.622     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Antognozzi, E., A. Battistelli, F. Faminani, S. Moscatello, F. Stanica, and A. Tombesi. 1996. Influence of CPPU on carbohydrate accumulation and metabolism in fruit of Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev). Sci. Hort. 65:37-47.
2. Banuls, J., M.D. Serna, F. Legaz, and E. Primo-Millo. 1997. Growth and gas exchange parameters of citrus plants stressed with different salts. J. Plant Physiol. 150:194-199.
3. Bulder, H.A.M., P.R. van Hasselt, P.J.C. Kuiper, E.J. Speek, and A.P.M. den Nijs. 1990. The effect of low root temperature in growth and lipid composition of low tolerant rootstock genotypes for cucumber. J. Plant Physiol. 138:661-666.
4. Cohen S. and A. Naor. 2002. The effect of three rootstocks on water use, canopy conductance and hydraulic parameters of apple trees and predicting canopy from hydraulic conductance. Plant Cell Environ. 25:17-28.
5. Colla G., S. Fanasca, M. Cardarelli, Y. Rouphael, A. Graifenberg, M. Curadi, and F. Saccardo. 2005. Evaluation of salt tolerance in rootstocks of Cucurbitaceae. Acta Hort. 697.469-474.
6. Colla G., Y. Rouphael, M. Cardarelli, D. Massa, A. Salerno, and E. Rea. 2006. Yield, fruit quality and mineral composition of grafted melon plants grown under saline conditions. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 81:146-152.
7. Dorais, M., A.P. Papadopoulos, and A. Gosselin. 2001. Influence of electric conductivity management on greenhouse tomato yield and fruit quality. Agronomie 21:367-383.
8. Del Amor, F.M., V. Martinez, and A. Cerda. 1999. Salinity duration and concentration affect fruit yield and quality, and growth and mineral composition of melon plants grown in perlite. HortScience 34:1234-1237.
9. Eaton, A.D., L.S. Clesceri, and A.E. Greenberg (eds.). 1995. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 19th ed. Amer. Public Health Assn., Wash., D.C.
10. Edelstein, M., M. Ben-Hur, R. Cohen, Y. Burger, and I. Ravina. 2005. Boron and salinity effects on grafted and nongrafted melon plants. Plant Soil 269:273-284.
11. Estan, M.T., M.M. Martinez-Rodriguez, F. Perez-Alfocea, T.J. Flowers, and M.C. Boalrin. 2005. Grafting raises the salt tolerance of tomato through limiting the transportof sodium and chloride to the shoot. J. Expt. Bot. 56:703-712.
12. Fernandez-Garcia, N., A. Cerda, and M. Carvajal. 2003. Grafting, a useful technique for improving tolerance of tomato? Acta Hort. 609:251-256.
13. Fernandez-Garcia, N., V. Martinez, A. Cerda, and M. Carvajal. 2002. Water and nutrient uptake of grafted tomato plants under saline conditions. J. Plant Physiol. 159:899-905.
14. Fernandez-Garcia, N., V. Martinez, A. Cerda, and M. Carvajal. 2004. Fruit quality of grafted tomato plants grown under saline conditions. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 79:995-1001.
15. Flowers, T.J. and S.A. Flowers. 2005. Why does salinity pose such a difficult problem for plant breeders? Agr. Water Mgt. 78:15-24.
16. Francois, L.E. and E.V. Maas. 1994. Crop response and management of salt-affected soils, p. 449-343. In: M. Pessarakli (eds.). Handbook of plant and crop stress. Marcel Dekker, New York.
17. Garcia-Legaz, M.F., J.M. Ortiz, A.G. Garcia-Lidon, and A. Cerda. 1993. Effect of salinity and on growth, ion content and CO2 assimilation rate in lemon varieties on different rootstock. Physiol. Plant. 89:427-432.
18. - accumulation in 'Sunburst' mandarin grafted on different rootstocks. Plant Sci. 162:705-712.
19. Gorham, J., R.G. Wyn Jones, and E. McDonnell. 1985. Some mechanisms of salt tolerance in crop plants. Plant Soil 89:15-40.
20. Graifenberg, A., L. Botrini, L. Giustiniani, and M. Lipucci Di Paola. 1996. Yield, growth and element content of zucchini squash grown under saline-sodic conditions. J. Hort. Sci. 71:305-311.
21. Greenway, H. and R. Munns. 1980. Mechanisms of salt tolerance in nonhalophytes. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. 31:149-190.
22. Günes, A., A. Inal, and M. Alpaslan. 1996. Effect of salinity on stomatal resistance, proline and mineral composition of pepper. J. Plant Nutr. 19:389-396.
23. -14 moles of sucrose in plant tissues. J. Plant Physiol. 64:379-383.
24. Karla, Y.P. 1998. Handbook of reference methods for plant analysis. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. p. 165-170.
25. Lauchli, A. 1986. Responses and adaptations of crops to salinity. Acta Hort. 190:243-246.
26. Lee, J.M. 1994. Cultivation of grafted vegetables I. Current status, grafting methods, and benefits. HortScience 29:235-239.
27. Lee, J.M. and M. Oda. 2003. Grafting of herbaceous vegetable and ornamentals crops. Hort. Rev. 28:61-87.
28. Leoni, S., R. Grudina, M. Cadinu, B. Madeddu, and M.G. Carletti. 1990. The influence of four rootstocks on some melon hybrids and a cultivar in greenhouse. Acta Hort. 287:127-134.
29. Lopez-Galarza, S., A. San Bautista, D.M. Perez, A. Miguel, C. Baixauli, B Pascual, J.V. Maroto, and J.L. Guardiola. 2004. Effects of grafting and cytokinin-induced fruit setting on colour and sugar-content traits in glasshouse-grown triploid watermelon. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 79:971-976.
30. Maas, E.V. 1986. Salt tolerance of plants. Appl.Agr. Res. 1:12-26.
31. Maas, E.V. and G.J. Hoffman. 1977. Crop salt tolerance-Current assessment. J. Irr. Drain. Div. Amer. Soc. Civil Eng. 103:115-134.
32. Marschner, H. 1995. Mineral nutrition of higher plants. 2nd ed. Academic Press, London.
33. Martinez-Ballesta, MC., V. Martinez, and C. Carvajal. 2004. Osmotic adjustment, water relations and gas exchange in pepper plants grown under NaCl or KCl. Environ. Expt. Bot. 52:161-174.
34. Mendlinger, S. 1994. Effect of increasing plant density and salinity on yield and fruit quality in muskmelon. Sci. Hort. 57:41-49.
35. Mendlinger, S. and M. Fossen. 1993. Comparison of Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum as causal agents of fruit rot and root rot of muskmelon. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 118:868-872.
36. Miguel, A., J.V. Maroto, A. San Bautista, C. Baixauli, V. Cebolla, B. Pascual, S. Lopez, and J.L. Guardiola. 2004. The grafting of triploid watermelon is an advantageous alternative to soil fumigation by methyl bromide for control of Fusarium wilt. Sci. Hort. 103:9-17.
37. Mitchell, J.P., C. Shennan, and S.R. Grattan. 1991. Developmental changes in tomato fruit composition in response to water deficit and salinity. Physiol. Plant. 83, 177-185.
38. Munns, R. and A. Termaat. 1986. Whole-plant responses to salinity. Austral. J. Plant Physiol. 13:143-160.
39. Navarro, J.M., C. Garrido, M. Carvajal, and V. Martinez. 2002. Yield and fruit quality of pepper plants under sulphate and chloride salinity. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 77:52-57.
40. Neilsen, G. and F. Kappel. 1996. 'Bing' sweet cherry leaf nutrition is affected by rootstock. HortScience 31:1169-1172.
41. 2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin mediates salt adaptation in plants, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:9681-9686.
42. Parida, A.K. and A.B. Das. 2005. Salt tolerance and salinity effects on plants: A review. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 60:324-349.
43. Pasternak, D. 1987. Salt tolerance and crop production: A comprehensive approach. Annu.Rev. Phytopathol. 25:271-291.
44. Pulgar, G., G. Villora, D.A. Moreno, and L. Romero. 2000. Improvingthe mineral nutrition in grafted watermelon plants: nitrogen metabolism. Biol. Plant. 43:607-609.
45. 2 production under conditions of thermal shock? Physiol. Plant. 117:44-50.
46. Rivero, R.M., J.M. Ruiz, and L. Romero. 2003b. Role of grafting in horticultural plants under stress conditions. Food Agr. Environ. 11:70-74.
47. Romera, F.J., E. Alcantara, and M.D. de la Guardia. 1991. Characterization of the tolerance to iron clorosis in different peach rootstocks grown in nutrient solution. Plant Soil 130:115-119.
48. Romero, L., A. Belakbir, L. Ragala, and M. Ruiz. 1997. Response of plant yield and leaf pigments to saline conditions: Effectiveness of different rootstocks in melon plants (Cucumis melo L.). Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 43:855-862.
49. Rouphael, Y., M. Cardarelli, E. Rea, A. Battistelli, and G. Colla. 2006. Comparison of the subirrigation and drip-irrigation systems for greenhouse zucchini squash production using a saline and nonsaline nutrient solutions. Agr. Water Mgt. 82:99-117.
50. Ruiz, J.M., A. Belakbir, A. Lopez-Cantarero, and L. Romero 1997. Leaf-macronutrient content and yield in grafted melon plants: A model to evaluate the influence of rootstock genotype. Sci. Hort. 71:227-234.
51. Ruiz, J. M. and L. Romero. 1999. Nitrogen efficiency and metabolism in grafted melon plants. Sci. Hort. 81:113-123.
52. Santa-Cruz, A., M.M. Martinez-Rodriguez, F. Perez-Alfocea, R. Romero-Aranda, and M.C. Bolarin. 2002. The rootstock effect on the tomato salinity response depends on the shoot genotype. Plant Sci. 162:825-831.
53. Sonneveld, C. and M.M. Van der Burg. 1991. Sodium chloride salinity in fruit vegetable crops in soil-less culture. Neth. J. Agr. Sci. 39:115-122.
54. Tennessen, D.J., E.L. Singsaas, and T.D. Sharkey. 1994. Light-emitting diodes as a light source of photosynthesis research. Photosyn. Res. 39:85-92.
55. 2SO4. Austral. J. Plant Physiol. 20:173-185.
56. Xu, H.L., L. Gauthier, and A. Gosselin. 1994. Photosynthetic responses of greenhouse tomato plants to high solution electric conductivity and low soil water content. J. Hort. Sci. 69:821-832.
57. Zijlstra, S., S.P.C. Groot, and J. Jansen. 1994. Genotypic variation of rootstocks for growth and production in cucumber; possibilities for improving the root system by plant breeding. Sci. Hort. 56:185-196.