Table 2. Intensities and preferences for the odors of melon fruits produced by self-grafted plants (SG) and plants grafted onto ‘Qinmi No. 1’ (QG) and ‘Ribenxuesong’ (RG) rootstocks.

Treatment	SG	QG	RG
Odor intensitya	3.22 ab	3.67 a	2.78 b
Odor preferencesb	3.44 a	3.33 a	2.4 b

Notes.

Different letters in the same row represent significant differences at the P < 0.05 level, as determined using Duncan’s multiple range test.

^aMelon fruit odor intensity (0 = virtually odorless, 1 = slight odor, 2 = light odor, 3 = strong odor, 4 = particularly strong odor).

^bMelon fruit odor preference (0 = unacceptable, 1 = unpleasant, 2 = acceptable, 3 = suitable, 4 = particularly pleasant).