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| Research Progress on Grafting Effect on Fruit Quality of Watermelon and Melon |
| HUANG Yuan，BIE Zhi-long*，KONG Qiu-sheng，XIE Jun-jun，FAN Mo-lin |
| Key laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology，Ministry of Education，College of Horticulture and Forestry，Huazhong Agricultural University，Wuhan 430070，Hubei，China |
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Abstract Grafting is an important way to enhance watermelon〔Citrullus Lanatus（Thunb.）Matsum. et Nakai〕and melon（Cucumis melo L.）tolerance to soil-born diseases and insects．However，contradictory ideas about the effects in fruit quality of grafted watermelon and melon are still existing．The present review summarized the progress made in sensory and nutritional quality of grafted watermelon and melon，and analyzed the reasons for these changes in fruit quality．Before ending， it prospected the research about the effect of grafting on fruit quality of watermelon and melon．
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Received: 17 August 2011
Published: 30 October 2011
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