Claim · model-written summary
Grafting onto wild tomato species rootstocks did not prevent the reductions in photosynthesis, growth or reproductive output observed under stress.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Grafting onto WTSe0
- Outcome
- photosynthesis, growth, or reproductive outpute0
- Direction
- did not prevent the reductionse0
- Comparator
- non-grafted plantse1
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Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“Grafting onto WTS delayed scion growth and did not prevent the reductions in photosynthesis, growth, or reproductive output observed under stress conditions”
e1“grafted and non-grafted plants”
Title
Grafting onto wild tomato species: A viable strategy against combined abiotic stress?
Sofia Spormann; Mariana Lebre; José Moutinho-Pereira; et al. Journal of Plant Physiology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2026.154751
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Grafting onto wild tomato species rootstocks delayed scion growth relative to non-grafted plants.
- Intervention effect Wild rootstocks enhanced photosystem II efficiency under control conditions.
- Intervention effect Wild rootstocks improved antioxidant and osmotic regulation under stress.
- Observation The physiological adjustments from wild rootstocks were insufficient to fully counteract the impact of combined drought and salinity.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that grafting onto wild tomato species alone is not enough to improve tomato plant resilience under severe combined abiotic stress.