Grafted watermelon plants take in more pesticides
Grafting watermelon plants to squash
By Guest Column Mehmet Isleyen, Ph.D.—— Bio and Archives--January 25, 2012
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
The widely used farm practice of grafting watermelon and other melon plants onto squash or pumpkin rootstocks results in larger amounts of certain pesticides in the melon fruit, scientists are reporting in a new study. Although only low amounts of pesticides appeared in the fruit in the study, the scientists advise that commercial farmers use “caution” when grafting watermelon plants to squash in a report that appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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