- Author: Zheng Wang
Published on: September 30, 2022
UC ANR research on watermelon grafting helps growers produce 15-20% more watermelons while using 25-40% fewer plants than the traditional system under the same amount of water and fertilizers, contributing to economic prosperity for the agricultural sector.
The Issue
As the statewide water scarcity and rising inflation hit the California agriculture, food production with reduced inputs while maintaining productivity and controlling production cost heighten the necessity of using environmentally-sustainable farming practices. For watermelon growers, grafting, a thousand-year-old...
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Condition Changes:
Strategic Initiative:
Sustainable Food Systems
Public Value:
UCANR: Promoting economic prosperity in California
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