Farklı Anaçlar Üzerine Aşılı Bazı Karpuz Hatlarının Sera Koşullarında Yaprak Besin İçerikleri Üzerine Etkileri

This study's goal was to look at how grafting affected the concentration of plant nutrients in watermelon plants which different rootstocks and various ground skin colors lines. During the 2020 spring/summer growing season, this study was conducted in the greenhouses and labs of the Alata Horticultural Research Institute in Mersin, Türkiye. Rootstocks included Argentario from a commercial rootstock, 3335 from Turkish landraces of the Lagenaria spp. group, Nun9075 and TZ148 from commercial rootstocks of the Cucurbita maxima×C. moschata group, and PI 296341 from Citrullus amarus. Türkiye is an important producer where Nun9075 and TZ148 are used as rootstocks for watermelon. As scions, B1, B2, S1, and S2 pure lines were used. Striped rind pattern can be seen on the S1 and S2 pure lines. Dark green rind pattern can be found in the B1 and B2 pure lines. As a result, there was no direct prominence in plant nutrient intake in terms of pumpking and bottle gourd rootstocks and dark or striped rind pattern lines. N content, the highest value was taken from Argentario (2.58) rootstocks and line S1 (2.60). P and Fe content, there was no statistically significant difference between rootstocks, and between lines. K content, the highest value from Argentario (2.83) and NUN9075 (2.82) rootstocks, and from S1 (2.88) and line B1 (2.81) lines. Mg content, the highest value was obtained from NUN9075 (0.39) and line B2, while the other lines received the highest values and were in the same group. Zn content, the lowest value among rootstocks was obtained from 3335 (17.50) rootstocks, while other rootstocks took the highest values and took place in the same group. Mg content, the highest value was taken from 3335 (58.80) rootstocks and line B1 (52.01).