New grafting method for seedless watermelon plants propagation [electronic resource]

Includes references.

Watermelon Citrullus lanatus is an important vegetable crop grown in Egypt. Seedless watermelon cultivars are preferred by most consumers because of their sweeter taste and lack of hard seeds. The growing costs of seedless watermelon (triploid hybrid watermelon) in Egypt is very expensive because its very expensive seed price. triploid seeds do not germinate well and the less homogenous germination and growth. For this reason, this study aimed to propagate seedless watermelon by developing new pattern of grafting technique for watermelon plants propagation to minimize the amounts of imported watermelon hybrids seeds in general and seedless watermelon in particular and decreasing the cost of seedling production and producing homogenous plants characteristics.

Summary in Arabic.

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