EFFECT OF GRAFTING ON VOLATILE COMPONENTS OF TWO MELON VARIETIES | ||
| Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||
| Article 13, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2007, Pages 6977-6984 PDF (581.31 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2007.201349 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S.F. El-Sayed1; A.E. Arafa2; A. Abdel samad3; A.A Gharieb1; Mona A. Mohamed2 | ||
| 1Cairo University, Fac. of Agric., Vegetable Crops Dept. Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 2Horticulture Res. Inst. Ministry of Agric. Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 3Cairo Univ. Fac. of Agric., Biochemistry Dept., Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An experiment was conducted under unheated plastic house conditions at Kaha experimental station, Kaliobia Governate, in winter season of 2004 to study the effect of grafting of two melon cultivars, namely Kahera 6 and Galia F1, on some rootstocks, namely Cucurbita ficifolia, hybrid No.6, Butternut squash and Shammam Eljordon on volatile components of fruits was studied. Fruit volatile components of cv. Kahera 6 consisted of 34.6% alcohols, 32.5% esters, 20.9% hydrocarbons and 10.5% aldehydes, while those of Galia F1Consisted of 24.5% alcohols,5% esters, 36.9% hydrocarbons, 15.9% acids, 9%nitrogenous. Grafting on the different rootstocks led to greet changes in the percentages of different volatile components in addition to containing new compounds, which were passed from the rootstocks or created in the scion fruits. The contents of grafted fruits depended on the interaction between both of scion and rootstock type. So, the present study indicated that grafting affects aroma of melon fruits. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| aroma; melon; grafting; rootstocks | ||
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