Tomato and Melon Meloidogyne Resistant Rootstocks Improve Crop Yield but Melon Fruit Quality Is Influenced by the Cropping Season

Tomato and Melon Meloidogyne Resistant Rootstocks Improve Crop Yield but Melon Fruit Quality Is Influenced by the Cropping Season

Four rotation sequences consisting of ungrafted tomato cv. Durinta – melon cv. Paloma or tomato grafted onto the resistant rootstock ‘Aligator’ – melon grafted onto the resistant Cucumis metuliferus accession BGV11135, and in reverse order, were conducted from 2015 to 2017 in a plastic greenhouse in...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Expósito, Montserrat Pujolà, Isabel Achaerandio, Ariadna Giné, Nuria Escudero, Aïda Magdalena Fullana, Marina Cunquero, Pablo Loza-Alvarez, F. Javier Sorribas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
crop yield losses
Cucumis melo
C. metuliferus
plant tolerance
root-knot nematodes
Solanum lycopersicum
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.560024/full

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