Nitrate in fruits and vegetables

G Colla, HJ Kim, MC Kyriacou, Y Rouphael - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
The current article provides an updated review of scientific advances regarding nitrate
accumulation in plant tissues and a critical examination of the genetic, agroenvironmental …

Current status of vegetable grafting: Diffusion, grafting techniques, automation

JM Lee, C Kubota, SJ Tsao, Z Bie, PH Echevarria… - Scientia …, 2010 - Elsevier
Vegetable production with grafted seedlings was originated in Japan and Korea to avoid the
serious crop loss caused by infection of soil-borne diseases aggravated by successive …

Vegetable grafting: The implications of a growing agronomic imperative for vegetable fruit quality and nutritive value

MC Kyriacou, Y Rouphael, G Colla, R Zrenner… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Grafting has become an imperative for intensive vegetable production since
chlorofluorocarbon-based soil fumigants were banned from use on grounds of …

Vegetable grafting as a tool to improve drought resistance and water use efficiency

P Kumar, Y Rouphael, M Cardarelli… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Drought is one of the most prevalent limiting factors causing considerable losses in crop
productivity, inflicting economic as well as nutritional insecurity. One of the greatest …

Impact of grafting on product quality of fruit vegetables

Y Rouphael, D Schwarz, A Krumbein, G Colla - Scientia horticulturae, 2010 - Elsevier
In horticultural industry, the focus has traditionally been on yield. However, in recent years
consumers interest in the quality of vegetable products has increased worldwide. Vegetable …

Grafting fruiting vegetables to manage soilborne pathogens, foliar pathogens, arthropods and weeds

FJ Louws, CL Rivard, C Kubota - Scientia horticulturae, 2010 - Elsevier
Grafting is an important integrated pest management strategy to manage soilborne
pathogens and other pests of solanaceous and cucurbitaceous crops. Important diseases …

Watermelon and melon fruit quality: The genotypic and agro-environmental factors implicated

MC Kyriacou, DI Leskovar, G Colla, Y Rouphael - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] and melon (Cucumis melo
L.) are popular annual fruit crops of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, drawing from discrete …

The effectiveness of grafting to improve tomato fruit quality

FB Flores, P Sanchez-Bel, MT Estañ… - Scientia horticulturae, 2010 - Elsevier
The possibility of applying grafting to improve fruit quality has been scarcely investigated.
Different shoot tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) genotypes were grafted onto distinctly …

Improved water use efficiency and fruit quality of greenhouse crops under regulated deficit irrigation in northwest China

H Yang, T Du, R Qiu, J Chen, F Wang, Y Li… - Agricultural Water …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water limit is the major bottleneck that restrains sustainable development of agriculture in
northwest China. In order to obtain higher water use efficiency (WUE) and improve fruit …

How do rootstocks of citron watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) affect the yield and quality of watermelon under deficit irrigation?

D Yavuz, M Seymen, S Süheri, N Yavuz… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deficit irrigation practices and utilization of rootstocks that are tolerant to water stress are
critical strategies for the protection of water resources and sustainable irrigation …