Abstract
Grafting is increasingly becoming an indispensable tool that minimizes the risks associated with intensive vegetable production systems, including soil-borne diseases. This study assesses the performance of two cherry tomato hybrids (‘Cheramy’ and ‘Sheeja’) grafted onto three tomato and five eggplant local rootstock genotypes (cultivated/wild) under Ralstonia solanacearum (bacterial wilt)-infested greenhouse soil. The impact of grafting on growth, yield and fruit physical quality was mainly influenced by the response of rootstocks to disease resistance. The non-grafted plants of both the cultivars were severely affected by bacterial wilt, thus presenting high susceptibility to disease. Eggplant rootstocks imparted moderate to high resistance against bacterial wilt in both the scions, while tomato (cultivated or wild) rootstocks did not improve disease resistance, except ‘Anagha’, which provided resistance to scion cv. ‘Cheramy’. In general, scion cv. ‘Cheramy’, grafted or non-grafted, showed superior growth, yield and fruit quality compared to ‘Sheeja’. The most productive graft combinations for both the cultivars involved resistant rootstocks, i.e., ‘Sheeja’ onto eggplant rootstock ‘Surya’, and ‘Cheramy’ onto tomato rootstock ‘Anagha’. Fruit quality attributes such as ascorbic acid and lycopene contents were considerably higher, and the total soluble solids (TSS) content was considerably lower in scion cv. ‘Cheramy’, whether grafted or non-grafted, than those involving scion cv. ‘Sheeja’. The grafting effect on fruit chemical quality attributes was not promising, except grafting ‘Sheeja’ onto ‘Sopim’ for TSS, ‘Sheeja’ onto ‘Sotor’ for lycopene and ‘Cheramy’ onto ‘Ponny’ for total phenols, though no clear connection with disease incidence was in these grafts. Conclusively, eggplant rootstock imparted wilt resistance, while both eggplant and tomato rootstock grafting was beneficial to both scion cultivars in boosting the overall production and economic gains, especially for ‘Cheramy’ grafted onto ‘Anagha’ rootstock under bacterial wilt infested soil of greenhouse.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Non-grafted Cheramy and Sheeja were highly susceptible to bacterial wilt.
- Taxon
- Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0 - Material
- both the cultivarse0
- Outcome
- bacterial wilte0
- Direction
- severely affectede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“non-grafted plants of both the cultivars were severely affected by bacterial wilt, thus presenting high susceptibility to disease”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Eggplant rootstocks gave moderate to high bacterial wilt resistance in both scions.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- Eggplant rootstockse0
- Interactor
- bacterial wilte0pathogen
- Outcome
- resistance against bacterial wilte0
- Direction
- moderate to highe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Eggplant rootstocks imparted moderate to high resistance against bacterial wilt in both the scions”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato rootstocks generally did not improve disease resistance.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- tomato (cultivated or wild) rootstockse0
- Outcome
- disease resistancee0
- Direction
- did not improvee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato (cultivated or wild) rootstocks did not improve disease resistance”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Anagha rootstock provided resistance to Cheramy.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Cheramy’e0
- Treatment
- ‘Anagha’e0
- Interactor
- Ralstonia solanacearum
Ralstonia solanacearume1pathogen - Outcome
- resistancee0
- Direction
- providede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“‘Anagha’, which provided resistance to scion cv. ‘Cheramy’”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
e1“Ralstonia solanacearum (bacterial wilt)-infested greenhouse soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Cheramy had superior growth, yield and fruit quality to Sheeja.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Cheramy’e0
- Outcome
- growth, yield and fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- ‘Sheeja’e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“scion cv. ‘Cheramy’, grafted or non-grafted, showed superior growth, yield and fruit quality compared to ‘Sheeja’”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Sheeja on Surya was among the most productive combinations.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Sheeja’e0
- Treatment
- eggplant rootstock ‘Surya’e0
- Outcome
- most productive graft combinationse0
- Direction
- most productivee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The most productive graft combinations for both the cultivars involved resistant rootstocks, i.e., ‘Sheeja’ onto eggplant rootstock ‘Surya’”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Cheramy on Anagha was among the most productive combinations.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Cheramy’e0
- Treatment
- tomato rootstock ‘Anagha’e0
- Outcome
- most productive graft combinationse1
- Direction
- most productivee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“‘Cheramy’ onto tomato rootstock ‘Anagha’”
e1“The most productive graft combinations for both the cultivars involved resistant rootstocks”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Cheramy fruit had higher ascorbic acid and lycopene than Sheeja.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Cheramy’e1
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid and lycopene contentse0
- Direction
- considerably highere0
- Comparator
- ‘Sheeja’e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“ascorbic acid and lycopene contents were considerably higher”
e1“in scion cv. ‘Cheramy’, whether grafted or non-grafted, than those involving scion cv. ‘Sheeja’”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Cheramy fruit had lower total soluble solids than Sheeja.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Cheramy’e0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids (TSS) contente0
- Direction
- considerably lowere0
- Comparator
- ‘Sheeja’e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“total soluble solids (TSS) content was considerably lower in scion cv. ‘Cheramy’, whether grafted or non-grafted, than those involving scion cv. ‘Sheeja’”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Sheeja grafted onto Sopim showed a favorable TSS response.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Material
- ‘Sheeja’e0
- Treatment
- grafting ‘Sheeja’ onto ‘Sopim’e0
- Outcome
- TSSe0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafting ‘Sheeja’ onto ‘Sopim’ for TSS”
e1“The grafting effect on fruit chemical quality attributes was not promising, except”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
Claim · model-written summary
Eggplant and tomato rootstock grafting boosted overall production and economic gains in both scions.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- both eggplant and tomato rootstock graftinge0
- Outcome
- overall production and economic gainse0
- Direction
- boostinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both eggplant and tomato rootstock grafting was beneficial to both scion cultivars in boosting the overall production and economic gains”
t0“Cherry Tomato Hybrids”
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