Rootstock and grafting type affect the growth and oil quality of medicinal pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo Var. styriaca)

• DOI: 10.1186/s12870-025-06571-1
• Publication Date: 2025-04-25T03:06:44Z
• Authors: Azadeh Nazarpour; Majid Azizi; Saba Samadi; Hossein Aroiee; Ali Farhadi; Murad Muhammad; Mohammad Reza Mor...
• Keywords: Cucurbita pepo; Cucurbita

Grafting is a technique commonly used in horticulture to minimize damage from soil-borne diseases and bolster plants' ability withstand stress, ultimately resulting increased plant productivity. Cucurbit plants are frequently grafted for these purposes, their seeds widely as nuts, food additives, medicinal properties worldwide. However, no information available on the impact of grafting seed oil yield pumpkins. This study first investigate effect pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca) seeds' properties. Commercial pumpkins were onto five different rootstocks (C. hybrids) including: 'code 11', 36', 45', 42' 21') using three methods (Side grafting, Hole insertion cleft grafting). The results showed that type rootstock method significantly affected fruit yield, qualities. research revealed there issues with graft incompatibility between Side-grafting was identified most successful method, utilized farm experiments. Furthermore, had notably positive success rate, code 42, 45, 21 demonstrating highest percentage grafts. Medicinal var through side 45 hybrids have demonstrated optimal Thus, highly recommended commercial production