Grafting as a Sustainable Means for Securing Yield Stability and Quality in Vegetable Crops

Abstract

Grafting is among the most ancient agricultural techniques, having been practiced since 2000 BC [...]

Performance of Grafted and Non-Grafted Cantaloupe Plants Undergo Different Fertilization Rates of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium

“…Otherwise, as in Table 6, the grafted cantaloupe plants possessed thickened stem base enabling transmitting water and nutrients along with other substances were synthesized in the roots to the aerial plant parts where improve the growth of plant organs and performance of photosynthesizes instruments. According to Venema et al (2017) and Kyriacou et al (2020), rootstock traits affect the scion performance through several connection mechanisms that could be categorized as physical, chemical, and physiological methods that adjust the scion responses to the environment then finally increase shoot growth in grafted plants compared to non-grafted others. Edelstein (2004) cited that grafting cucurbit on vigorous rootstocks make them withstand improper circumstances.…”

Grafting of Vegetable Crops in the Era of Nanotechnology: A photographic Mini Review

“…1-6; the photos talk about the grafting, different stages in cucumber, watermelon and tomato in some experiments in Egypt). As an old technique, grafting of vegetable seedlings is considered a unique horticultural technology, which already has been practiced all over the world since 2000 BC (Kyriacou et al 2020). Grafting is considered an effective and sustainable tool in producing the intensive vegetables growing system by securing the stability of yield and its quality in vegetable crops (Birkas et al 2021), to overcome soil-borne diseases and pests (Keatinge et al 2014;Cardarelli et al 2020), and/or to increase plant vigor under various environmental stress conditions such as salinity (Singh et al 2020), drought (Luo et al 2020), flooding and low nutrient stress (Kubota et al 2022;Zhang et al 2022).…”

“…In simple meaning, grafting is a successed approach to avoid the soil borne diseases or soil factors prevent growing and productivity of cultivated vegetables by using new grafted plant (scion and rootstock). Several published articles on grafted vegetables including different topics such as the sustainable production of grafted vegetables (Kyriacou et al 2020), studied different rootstocks and growing media in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) (Birkas et al 2021), and more are listed in Table 1. The main grafting techniques may include splice grafting, hole insertion, single cotyledon, tongue approach, self-rooted control (Kyriacou et al 2020) and automatic approach (Kubota et al 2022).…”

Uptake and Distribution of Perfluoroalkyl Substances by Grafted Tomato Plants Cultivated in a Contaminated Site in Northern Italy

“…Moreover, tomato fruits are a source of minerals (Fe, K, P, S), and contain low levels of sodium, lipids, and calories (Khan et al, 2021). More than 50% of commercial tomato varieties are grafted because grafted plants are characterized by higher vigor, yields and product quality than ungrafted varieties (Kumar et al, 2015a;Kyriacou et al, 2020). Grafting is a widely spread and continuously increasing biotechnology of producing new horticultural plant varieties, resistant plants to pathogens and abiotic stress such as nutritional deficiencies and soil salinity, water excesses or deficits, and pollutants (Maurya et al, 2019;Xie et al, 2020;Yuan et al, 2021).…”