Abstract
Host resistance is an environmentally and economically sustainable disease management strategy that may be especially beneficial to small-scale and organic growers for whom other management tools such as synthetic pesticides are too costly or not permitted. In western North Carolina, the demand for vine-ripened tomatoes ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) from local and organic farms has led to the development of cultivars bred for resistance to geographically relevant diseases, including late blight of tomato, which causes rapid defoliation and lesions on fruit. Grafting tomato plants has the potential to increase plant vigor and yield; however, this effect is known to be dependent on multiple factors, including scion and geographic location. In this study, we evaluated the yield response of one determinate (‘Mountain Gem’) and four indeterminate (‘Mountain Heritage’, ‘Mountain Girl’, ‘Mountain Rouge’, and ‘NC10291’) late blight–resistant tomato cultivars, grafted on tomato rootstock ‘Maxifort’ or nongrafted, on a commercial farm and at two research facilities in western North Carolina. Yield of marketable fruit from grafted plants was greater than that from nongrafted plants at one location ( P = 0.008); however, yield response of each cultivar, grafted or not grafted, differed by location. Yield was consistently greater from ‘Mountain Gem’ plants than other cultivars, and grafted ‘Mountain Gem’ plants had greater yields later in the season at two locations than nongrafted plants. Because of the late planting date intended to expose cultivars to the late blight pathogen, the full yield potential of the indeterminate cultivars was not realized at all locations. Disease severity caused by Verticillium wilt ( Verticillium dahliae Kleb., Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold) was lowest for cultivar Mountain Heritage at two of three locations. Results from this study emphasize the importance of conducting evaluations of grafted tomato plants at multiple locations, including on farm, to optimize the benefits associated with their use.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted tomato plants had greater marketable yield than nongrafted plants at one location.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- grafted plantse0
- Outcome
- Yield of marketable fruite0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- at one locatione0
- Comparator
- nongrafted plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“Yield of marketable fruit from grafted plants was greater than that from nongrafted plants at one location ( P = 0.008)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield responses of grafted and nongrafted tomato cultivars differed by location.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- yield responsee0
- Setting
- locatione0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“yield response of each cultivar, grafted or not grafted, differed by location”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Mountain Gem had consistently greater yield than other cultivars.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- ‘Mountain Gem’e0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- other cultivarse0
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Verbatim
e0“Yield was consistently greater from ‘Mountain Gem’ plants than other cultivars”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted Mountain Gem plants yielded more late in the season at two locations than nongrafted plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- ‘Mountain Gem’e0
- Treatment
- graftede0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- later in the season at two locationse0
- Comparator
- nongrafted plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“grafted ‘Mountain Gem’ plants had greater yields later in the season at two locations than nongrafted plants”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Late planting limited full yield potential of indeterminate cultivars at all locations.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- indeterminate cultivarse0
- Treatment
- late planting datee0
- Outcome
- full yield potentiale0
- Direction
- not realizede0
- Qualifier
- at all locationse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Because of the late planting date intended to expose cultivars to the late blight pathogen, the full yield potential of the indeterminate cultivars was not realized at all locations”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Mountain Heritage had lowest Verticillium wilt severity at two of three locations.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Mountain Heritagee0
- Interactor
- Verticillium dahliae
Verticillium dahliaee0pathogen - Second interactor
- Verticillium albo-atrum
Verticillium albo-atrume0pathogen - Outcome
- Disease severity caused by Verticillium wilte0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Qualifier
- at two of three locationse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Disease severity caused by Verticillium wilt ( Verticillium dahliae Kleb., Verticillium albo-atrum Reinke & Berthold) was lowest for cultivar Mountain Heritage at two of three locations”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors emphasize multi-location, on-farm evaluation of grafted tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- conducting evaluations of grafted tomato plants at multiple locations, including on farme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Results from this study emphasize the importance of conducting evaluations of grafted tomato plants at multiple locations, including on farm”
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