TABLE 2.
Values of fruit quality parameters (minimum and maximum) of the cantaloupe melon cv. Paloma ungrafted (M) and grafted (GM) onto C. metuliferus BGV11135 cultivated in infested and non-infested M. incognita plots in plastic greenhouse in spring or summer during 3 years (2015–2017), and those reported by the department of Agriculture of United States of America (USDA), and by Colla et al. (2006) for the melon cantaloupe cv. Cyrano, grafted or ungrafted onto C. maxima x C. moschata, and by Lester (2008) for the honeydew melon cv. Orange Dew.
| Parameter | GM |
M |
USDA* | Colla et al., 2006 | Lester, 2008 | ||||||
| Spring |
Summer |
Spring |
Summer |
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| Infested | Non-infested | Infested | Non-infested | Infested | Non-infested | Infested | Non-infested | ||||
| L* | 50.5 – 84.7 | 45.8 – 80 | 49.5 – 72.4 | 54.5 – 66.5 | 39.9 – 71.3 | 49.3 – 69.6 | 57.5 – 72.5 | 54.9 – 66.5 | n.a | 53.1 – 58.3 | n.a |
| AE | 51.6 – 68.9 | 50.6 – 59.7 | 49.2 – 58.4 | 50.5 – 54.6 | 53 – 59.7 | 50.6 – 55.3 | 50.5 – 56.2 | 58.4 – 61.4 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| Chroma | 18.2 – 47.2 | 21.2 – 45.2 | 19.5 – 41.2 | 33 – 47.3 | 19.6 – 45.2 | 28.4 – 42.3 | 22.9 – 41.6 | 38.1 – 45.2 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| Hue | 39.4 – 79.6 | 44.6 – 84.1 | 66.6 – 81.8 | 64.8 – 75.1 | 79.6 – 83.9 | 80.4 – 85.9 | 60.4 – 81.3 | 67.7 – 74.1 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| TSS (°Brix) | 10.4 – 15.7 | 8.5 – 14.8 | 10 – 17 | 12.2 – 16 | 6.4 – 14.7 | 10.1 – 14.8 | 9 – 14.9 | 11.1 – 17.2 | n.a | 10.1 – 12.6 | 8.6 – 13.3 |
| dm (%) | 12.8 – 24.3 | 9.4 – 15.4 | 9.6 – 15.6 | 12.8 – 15.4 | 8.5 – 14.7 | 8.2 – 14 | 6.9 – 15.4 | 11.5 – 16.8 | 9.85 | 10.4 – 13.2 | 9 – 12.1 |
| B-carotene (mg β-carotene kg dw–1) | 18–157 | 12–136 | 20 – 102 | 38.3 – 51.7 | 14 – 151 | 13 – 73 | 19 – 54.3 | 31 – 40 | 206 | n.a | 214 – 215 |
| T.A (g citric acid kg dw–1) | 5.2 – 20.9 | 6.8 – 15.9 | 6.7 – 24.9 | 5.1 – 22.1 | 5.1 – 17.6 | 9.6 – 38.2 | 7.2 – 22.4 | 15 – 18 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| TPC (g GAE kg dw–1) | 1 – 3.8 | 2 – 3.5 | 1.8 – 4.1 | 2.6 – 3.3 | 0.9 – 5.9 | 1.6 – 6 | 1 – 4 | 1.5 – 3.2 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| Vitamin C (g ascorbic acid kg dw–1) | 0.8 – 2.4 | 0.8 – 1.9 | 1.4 – 2.2 | 1.4 – 1.9 | 1.1 – 2.3 | 0.4 – 1.6 | 1.1 – 2.5 | 1.3 – 1.7 | 3.7 | n.a | 1.3 – 1.4 |
| Antioxidant activity (mmol Trolox kg dw–1) | 20.3 – 42.3 | 21 – 43.1 | 3.3 – 30.2 | 7.3 – 30 | 10.7 – 38.7 | 8.7 – 35.2 | 7 – 28.5 | 17.4 – 22.6 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| pH | 4.9 – 6.9 | 5.6 – 7 | 5.1 – 6.7 | 6.1 – 6.5 | 5.6 – 7.6 | 6 – 6.9 | 5.1 – 6.2 | 5.7 – 6.5 | n.a | 6 – 6.7 | n.a |
| mm (%) | 6 – 14.2 | 7.8 – 12.3 | 7.8 – 12.2 | 6.6 – 11.6 | 6.4 – 11.6 | 7 – 14 | 6.2 – 8.6 | 6.5 – 8.9 | n.a | n.a | n.a |
| Fe (mg kg dw–1) | 27 – 70 | 41.9 – 70 | 49 – 60.6 | 54.7 – 61 | 32 – 85 | 43.5 – 81.7 | 45.2 – 63 | 43.1 – 53.7 | 21.4 | n.a | 20 |
| Ca (g kg dw–1) | 1.4 – 2.5 | 1.3 – 2 | 0.8 – 3.2 | 0.9 – 2.6 | 1.6 – 2.2 | 1.7 – 2.4 | 1.4 – 3.4 | 1.6 – 2.6 | 0.9 | n.a | 0.1 |
| Mg (g kg dw–1) | 0.7 – 1.3 | 0.9 – 1.2 | 0.8 – 2.1 | 0.9 – 2.1 | 0.9 – 1.7 | 1 – 1.7 | 0.9 – 2.3 | 1 – 1.9 | 1.2 | n.a | 0.6 – 0.9 |
| K (g kg dw–1) | 17.4 – 24.1 | 19.5 – 25.9 | 15.3 – 23.9 | 17.3 – 21.1 | 23.6 – 24.8 | 21.9 – 27 | 19.4 – 21.9 | 18.1 – 20 | 27.2 | 31.3 – 34.9 | 21.6 – 23.2 |
| Na (g kg dw–1) | 2 – 3.4 | 2.1 – 3.3 | 2.3 – 4.6 | 2.3 – 4.6 | 2.7 – 13.4 | 3 – 4.2 | 3 – 6.2 | 3.9 – 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 – 14 | 1.6 – 2.6 |
The original values reported by U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] (2020b), Colla et al. (2006) and Lester (2008) were adapted to the units used in this study n.a: Data not available.