Grafting onto African eggplant enhances growth, yield and fruit quality of tomatoes in tropical forest ecozones

Nkansah, George Oduro; Ahwireng, A.K.; Amoatey, Christiana Adukwei; Ayarna, Alex Williams

doi:10.37855/jah.2013.v15i01.03

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“…This agrees with the result reported by existing literature [14,20,36]. The result on fruit firmness shows a significant increase in eggplants grafted with the SM and SI rootstocks, which is in accord with existing literature reported by Lee [30], Nkansah et al [37] and El-Wani et al [38]. The pH tends to prolong the shelf life of fresh fruits by inhibiting the multiplication of microorganisms and increasing resistance to microbial attack [39].…”

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Influence of Wild Relative Rootstocks on Eggplant Growth, Yield and Fruit Physicochemical Properties under Open Field Conditions

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Eggplant is an essential vegetable crop that is rich in health-related compounds, and the content of these compounds can be increased through grafting. It was reported that grafting with vigorous wild relatives’ rootstocks can improve eggplant’s fruit quality. The study was conducted to investigate the fruit yield, composition and physicochemical traits of Solanum melongena ME, CE, NE and TE scions grafted on wild relatives’ rootstocks of ST, SM and SI. The results show that a notable graft success (100%) was recorded in grafted (TE/ST) and self-grafted (TE/TE) plants using the cleft technique. Growth and yield traits indicated that CE and TE scions grafted onto ST, SM and SI showed better performance in all of the traits mentioned above in an open field across two years, except first flower formation which was displayed on non-grafted CE. In all the rootstocks studied—ST, SM and SI—there was no noticeable effect on carbohydrate, fibre, ash, pH and dry matter content. There was a notable effect of grafting ME/ST, CE/ST, ME/SM, CE/SI, ME/SI, ME/SI and NE/SM on the fruit length, fruit width, total soluble solids, fruit firmness and fat and protein content, respectively. Furthermore, antioxidants such as DPPH (ME/SM), total flavonoids (NE/SM) and total phenolics (TE/SI) had remarkable content of the above-mentioned physicochemical properties. Results show that ST, SM and SI represent a viable rootstock alternative to Solanum melongena or Solanum lycopersicum production.

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Influence of Wild Relative Rootstocks on Eggplant Growth, Yield and Fruit Physicochemical Properties under Open Field Conditions

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“…melongenae (Rizza et al 2002 ; Toppino et al 2008 ) and Ralstonia solanacearum (Collonnier et al 2001 ) for the improvement of other Solanaceae crops. S. aethiopicum rootstocks have been reported to improve disease resistance in tomato ( Solanum lycopersium L.) (Nkansah et al 2013 ), while Solanum torvum, also an orphan vegetable, is the preferred rootstock for improved resistance to diseases in brinjal eggplant ( Solanum melongena ) (Sakata et al 1989 ; Ramesh et al 2016 ). Watermelon ( Cucumis melo ) grafted onto the rootstock of the little known bottle gourd ( Lagenaria siceraria ), conferred resistance to Fusarium spp.…”

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Genetics and breeding for climate change in Orphan crops

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Climate change is rapidly changing how we live, what we eat and produce, the crops we breed and the target traits. Previously underutilized orphan crops that are climate resilient are receiving much attention from the crops research community, as they are often the only crops left in the field after periods of extreme weather conditions. There are several orphan crops with incredible resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses. Some are nutritious, while others provide good sources of biofuel, medicine and other industrial raw materials. Despite these benefits, orphan crops are still lacking in important genetic and genomic resources that could be used to fast track their improvement and make their production profitable. Progress has been made in generating draft genomes of at least 28 orphan crops over the last decade, thanks to the reducing cost of sequencing. The implementation of a structured breeding program that takes advantage of additional modern crop improvement tools such as genomic selection, speed breeding, genome editing, high throughput phenotyping and breeding digitization would make rapid improvement of these orphan crops possible, but would require coordinated research investment. Other production challenges such as lack of adequate germplasm conservation, poor/non-existent seed systems and agricultural extension services, as well as poor marketing channels will also need to be improved if orphan crops were to be profitable. We review the importance of breeding orphan crops under the increasing effects of climate change, highlight existing gaps that need to be addressed and share some lessons to be learned from major crops.

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“…1 was grafted by approach grafting onto Cucurbita Survival rate was 78 %. Nkansanh et al, (2013) recorded that, the tropimech tomato cultivar grafted on green eggplant cultivar recorded 96.07 % graft success. Bizhen et al, (2014) reported that, graft survival increased by 92 % in all eighteen tomato commercial rootstocks and five scion varieties with a study wide average of 97 %.…”

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To Study the Different Type of Healing Chambers and Stages for Acclimatization in Chilli Grafts-A Review

Gabhale¹,

Uttekar²

2022

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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The literature on “To study the different type of healing chambers and stages for acclimatization in Chilli grafts” has been well documented in this article, efforts have been made to review the literature available on Humidity (%), Light intensity (Lux), Temprature (ºC) Number of days required for graft union, survival rate of grafts, girth at graft union, girth of rootstock and girth of scion, number of days required for development of new leaves and number of leaves.

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Grafting onto African eggplant enhances growth, yield and fruit quality of tomatoes in tropical forest ecozones

Cited by 12 publications

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Influence of Wild Relative Rootstocks on Eggplant Growth, Yield and Fruit Physicochemical Properties under Open Field Conditions

Influence of Wild Relative Rootstocks on Eggplant Growth, Yield and Fruit Physicochemical Properties under Open Field Conditions

Genetics and breeding for climate change in Orphan crops

To Study the Different Type of Healing Chambers and Stages for Acclimatization in Chilli Grafts-A Review

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