Cucumís
melo
is
an
economically
importar]t
crop.
Its
culture
is
hampered
by
differen
t
types
of
soil
stresses.
Grafting
melons
onto
different
resistant
cucurbits
belonging
to
the
genera,
Cucurbíta,
Lagenaría,
Luffa,
etc.
have
been
successfully
used
to
avoid
these
problems.
However,
me
Ion
quality
has
been
nega.tively
modified
as
a
consequence
of
grafting.
In
general,
variation
in
fruit
shape,
seed
cavity
and
sugar
content
have
been
observed.
The
use
of
rootstocks
more
genetically
c\oser
to
the
melon
scions
could
be
useful
to
obtain
fru
i
ts
with
better
quality
from
melon
grafted
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