Genetics, breeding and selection of rootstocks for Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae

Effect of grafting on growth and incidence of phytophthora blight and bacterial wilt of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

“…Vegetable grafting is globally conducted because it can increase disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, yield and quality of a number of vegetable crops (Davis et al, 2008b;King et al, 2008King et al, , 2010Lee and Oda, 2003;Rivero et al, 2003). This can be achieved by using rootstocks that have resistance to soilborne diseases or pests, tolerance to abiotic stress, selective absorption of available nutrients, high vigor and good compatibility with the scion (Davis et al, 2008b;Gisbert et al, 2011;Lee and Oda, 2003;Rivero et al, 2003).…”

“…At present, grafting is mainly used in order to reduce infections by soilborne pathogens and to enhance the tolerance against abiotic stresses (King et al, 2008;Louws et al, 2010;Rivero et al, 2003). In order to prevent soilborne diseases in continuous cropping, peppers are generally grafted onto the rootstocks that are of the same species as scions (C. annuum L.) that have resistance to Phytophthora blight (King et al, 2010). It was reported that grafting of peppers also improved tolerance to high salt conditions (Chung and Choi, 2002) and low temperature (Jang et al, 2008).…”

Population dynamics of Meloidogyne incognita on cucumber grafted onto the Cucurbita hybrid RS841 or ungrafted and yield losses under protected cultivation

“…The main purpose of this technique is to control plant pathogens causing soil-borne diseases, including plant parasitic nematodes, to enhance tolerance to abiotic stresses, and to improve yield (Edelstien 2004 ;Davis et al 2008 ;King et al 2010 ;. Several cucurbit rootstocks have been tested against RKN (Sigüenza et al 2005 ;Davis et al 2008 ;KokalisBurelle and Rosskopf 2011 ;Liu et al 2015 ;Thies et al 2015 ;López-Gómez et al 2016 ).…”

The effectiveness of growth cycles on improving fruit quality for grafted watermelon combinations

“…In the last few decades, however, vegetable grafting has also been performed to enhance tolerance to abiotic stresses, increase efficiency of water and nutrient uptake, and improves fruit yield and quality (Bletsos & Passam, 2010;King et al, 2010). Inevitably, grafting of vegetables increasingly popularized, with increase in the proportion and species diversity and elevation in the routine technique used for continuous cropping systems in several parts of the world (Lee et al, 2010).…”

“…Besides disease resistance and tolerance to low/high soil temperatures, watermelon rootstocks, especially those of C. maxima × C. moschata hybrids can enhance plant vigor, growth, and yield since they are much more vigorous than the bottle gourd rootstock (Alan et al, 2007;King et al, 2010); however, reports on fruit quality such as rind thickness, color, fruit firmness, total soluble solids, and sugar are rather conflicting being increasing, decreasing or remaining unaffected (Miguel et al, 2004;Davis et al, 2008a;Rouphael et al, 2010;Fallik & Ilic, 2014;Kyriacou et al, 2017).…”