Georion home products plant production research & development geotechnical support Evaluation of new watermelon and melon varieties It has been completed the evaluation of new watermelon and melon varieties for the period of spring 2012 as well as the new rootstocks for both species . The trials are made ,one under tunnel for the extra early part of the season and two in the open field using mini tunnels. In total we evaluated 100 varieties and rootstocks using blocks with 5 replications. The measurements are taken in the field. Some of the characteristics evaluated are: Earliness Total production and quality classification ( Class 1 & 2) Brix Rind thickness Color of the external stripes (RGB) Shape Flesh texture Flesh color (RGB) Especially for the rootstock/scion evaluation in watermelons and melons the evaluation includes : impact on the canopy size impact on earliness impact on shape impact on sugar content impact on the flesh texture impact on resistance in powdery mildew ( EPPO) Resistance to nematodes (Bridge & Page 1980) Evaluation of the compatibility rootstock/scion (% abortion) Here we should note that from our experience all the previous year the influence of the rootstock to the scion, leads to quite different characteristics of each variety to be grafted. Some times the difference in the agronomic behavior of the scion variety is that big, that seems to be a variety different than it really is. corporate news Georion Ltd. Balance Sheet for 2013 13/06/2014 18:43 P.Lainas &Co Ltd (Georion Ltd) announces FY 2013 Balance Sheet (1/1/2013-31/12/2013) (in greek) read more Georion Ltd. Balance Sheet for 2012 19/06/2013 18:43 P.Lainas &Co Ltd (Georion Ltd) announces FY 2012 Balance Sheet (1/1/2012-31/12/2012) (in greek) Contact Us © 2012 P.Lainas & Co Ltd - Georion Legal Declaration Terms of Use Implementation and hosting by OpenWave | site design by Anastasia Selioti | based on OneWeb theme