Exogenous Treatments to Enhance Splice-Grafted Watermelon Survival
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Location and Design
2.2. Plant Material
2.3. Exogenous Treatments
2.4. Grafting Methods and Healing
2.5. Environmental Conditions
2.6. Grafted Plant Survival
2.7. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Environmental Conditions in the Greenhouse
3.2. Grafted Plant Survival
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatment Product x | Product and Manufacturer |
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Sucrose 2% (w/v) | IB37160 Sucrose; IBI Scientific, Peosta, IA, USA |
Antitranspirant A 2% (v/v) | Root-Drench; Zorro Technology Inc., Clackamas, OR, USA |
Antitranspirant B 2% (v/v) | Glycerin 99.7% USP/BP grade; Deepthi Organics LLC, Greensboro, NC, USA |
Auxin | Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 98%, Alfa Aesar™; Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA |
Tap water |
Survival (%) | ||||
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Treatment z | 4 DAG | 9 DAG | 16 DAG | 21 DAG |
Sucrose | 99 (1.02) y | 88 (2.18) | 63 b x (4.82) | 60 b (4.13) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant A | 100 (0.00) | 98 (1.05) | 92 a (1.65) | 90 a (1.87) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant B | 99 (1.02) | 92 (1.62) | 80 a (2.34) | 75 a (3.52) |
Sucrose + 10 mg·L−1 auxin | 100 (0.00) | 93 (1.71) | 85 a (2.07) | 80 a (2.30) |
Sucrose + 20 mg·L−1 auxin | 100 (0.00) | 89 (2.15) | 72 ab (3.22) | 70 ab (3.77) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant A+ 10 mg·L−1 auxin | 99 (1.02) | 92 (1.62) | 90 a (1.87) | 88 a (2.08) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant A+ 20 mg·L−1 auxin | 100 (0.00) | 90 (1.82) | 70 ab (3.47) | 61 b (4.01) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant B+ 10 mg·L−1 auxin | 99 (1.02) | 85 (2.32) | 71 ab (3.57) | 58 b (5.30) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant B+ 20 mg·L−1 auxin | 99 (1.02) | 88 (2.18) | 65 b (4.71) | 48 bc (5.92) |
Tap water (control) | 98 (1.23) | 70 (3.67) | 40 c (5.12) | 18 c (8.17) |
p-value | 0.68 | 0.07 | 0.003 | <0.0001 |
Survival (%) | ||||
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Treatment z | 4 DAG | 9 DAG | 16 DAG | 21 DAG |
Root-intact | 99 (1.07) y | 86 (1.88) | 73 (2.87) | 65 a x (3.75) |
Root-excised | 99 (1.07) | 80 (1.71) | 68 (2.56) | 58 b (4.54) |
p-value | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.02 |
Sucrose + antitranspirant A | 99 (1.02) | 91 (1.67) | 89 a (2.14) | 87 a (2.53) |
Sucrose + auxin 10 mg·L−1 | 98 (1.22) | 85 (2.37) | 69 b (4.33) | 59 b (5.43) |
Sucrose + antitranspirant A+ auxin 10 mg·L−1 | 98 (1.22) | 92 (1.59) | 89 a (2.14) | 86 a (2.71) |
Tap water (control) | 98 (1.22) | 64 (3.07) | 37 c (6.89) | 14 c (8.32) |
p-value | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.002 | 0.0002 |
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Devi, P.; DeVetter, L.W.; Lukas, S.; Miles, C. Exogenous Treatments to Enhance Splice-Grafted Watermelon Survival. Horticulturae 2021, 7, 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070197
Devi P, DeVetter LW, Lukas S, Miles C. Exogenous Treatments to Enhance Splice-Grafted Watermelon Survival. Horticulturae. 2021; 7(7):197. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070197
Chicago/Turabian StyleDevi, Pinki, Lisa Wasko DeVetter, Scott Lukas, and Carol Miles. 2021. "Exogenous Treatments to Enhance Splice-Grafted Watermelon Survival" Horticulturae 7, no. 7: 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070197