Grafting Influences Phenolic Profile and Carpometric Traits of Fruits of Greenhouse-Grown Eggplant (<i>Solanum melongena</i> L.)

Maršić, Nina Kacjan; Mikulič-Petkovšek, Maja; Štampar, Franci

doi:10.1021/jf503338m

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“…However, despite in the present work grafting did not significantly improve the number of fruits per plant, the data recorded in our experiment supported the trend established in the experiments by Gisbert et al [9] and Sabatino et al [10]. On the other hand, these findings seem to be consistent with those obtained by Maršič et al [42], who reported that, in the second trial, grafting did not increase the number of fruit per plant in eggplant 'Galine' F 1 (eggplant cylindrical shape). Therefore, it seems that the number of fruit per plant is a yield component influenced by the genetic background of the rootstock scion combination.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Our results are dissimilar from those of Sabatino et al [10], who reported no differences in terms of fruit chlorogenic acid content among rootstocks tested, but are consistent with those of Sabatino et al [26] who reported that grafting significantly increased phenolic concentration in fruits from grafted eggplant landraces only in three out of four genotypes. Our outcomes on phenolic content are also consistent with those of Maršič et al [42] who demonstrated that grafting significantly increased phenolic concentration in fruits from a grafted eggplant landrace as opposed to commercial varieties. Moreover, Toppino et al [52] discovered environment-specific QTLs associated to the amount of chlorogenic acid.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Solanum aethiopicum gr. gilo and Its Interspecific Hybrid with S. melongena as Alternative Rootstocks for Eggplant: Effects on Vigor, Yield, and Fruit Physicochemical Properties of Cultivar ′Scarlatti′

et al. 2019

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Grafting is generally considered effective in ameliorating vegetable crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. The use of interspecific hybrid as rootstock for eggplant may represent a valid alternative approach to enhance eggplant performance. However, studies on the effects of different rootstocks on eggplant plant vigor, yield, and fruit quality traits often show conflicting results. Thus, an experiment was performed in two spring–summer growing seasons (2014 and 2015) by grafting eggplant ′Scarlatti′ F1 hybrid on two accessions of S. aethiopicum gr. gilo and on the interspecific hybrid S. melongena × S. aehtiopicumgr. gilo in comparison to the most common eggplant rootstock S. torvum. Results indicate that S. melongena × S. aethiopicum gr. gilo interspecific hybrid and S. torvum improved grafting success, plant vigor, early flowering and yield in ′Scarlatti′ F1 scion. All rootstocks tested did not negatively influence fruit apparent quality traits and fruit quality composition. Moreover, fruit glycoalkaloids content remained below the recommended threshold value. These findings suggest that the use of S. melongena × S. aethiopicum gr. gilo interspecific hybrid as rootstock may be a good alternative to the most commonly used S. torvum.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Solanum aethiopicum gr. gilo and Its Interspecific Hybrid with S. melongena as Alternative Rootstocks for Eggplant: Effects on Vigor, Yield, and Fruit Physicochemical Properties of Cultivar ′Scarlatti′

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“…However, numerous other rootstock species and interspecific hybrids have also been tested as rootstocks for eggplant, including S. incanum , S. incanum × S. melongena , S. melongena × S. aethiopicum , S. macrocarpon , S. sisymbriifolium , S. torvum × S. sanitwongsei , S. integrifolium syn., S. aethiopicum gr. Aculeatum × S. melongena , S. lycopersicum , S. lycopersicum × S. lycopersicum , S. habrochaites , S. lycopersicum × S. habrochaites and S. melongena (Lee et al, 2010; Gisbert et al, 2011a,b; Khah, 2011; Moncada et al, 2013; Marsic et al, 2014; Sabatino et al, 2016). Current reports on the changes conferred by grafting on eggplant fruit quality provide conflicting information.…”

Section: The Configuration Of Fruit Quality In Grafted Vegetablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, Sabatino et al (2016) showed that grafting eggplant onto S. torvum increased total polyphenol fruit content in three out of four Sicilian landraces grown under open-field conditions, whereas an opposite trend was observed by Moncada et al (2013), wherein the total phenolic content was greater in the non-grafted plants. Moreover, changes in fruit phenolic contents and other important flavonoids, notably anthocyanins, can be highly influenced by the rootstock–scion combination which is often subject to significant interaction (Marsic et al, 2014). However, the latter study also highlighted the importance of environmental parameters such as solar radiation in the same respect, as fruits from the same landrace/rootstock combination behaved differently in two growing seasons, with the first season being characterized by lower solar radiation compared to second.…”

Section: The Configuration Of Fruit Quality In Grafted Vegetablesmentioning

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Vegetable Grafting: The Implications of a Growing Agronomic Imperative for Vegetable Fruit Quality and Nutritive Value

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Grafting has become an imperative for intensive vegetable production since chlorofluorocarbon-based soil fumigants were banned from use on grounds of environmental protection. Compelled by this development, research into rootstock–scion interaction has broadened the potential applications of grafting in the vegetable industry beyond aspects of soil phytopathology. Grafting has been increasingly tapped for cultivation under adverse environs posing abiotic and biotic stresses to vegetable crops, thus enabling expansion of commercial production onto otherwise under-exploited land. Vigorous rootstocks have been employed not only in the open field but also under protected cultivation where increase in productivity improves distribution of infrastructural and energy costs. Applications of grafting have expanded mainly in two families: the Cucurbitaceae and the Solanaceae, both of which comprise major vegetable crops. As the main drives behind the expansion of vegetable grafting have been the resistance to soilborne pathogens, tolerance to abiotic stresses and increase in yields, rootstock selection and breeding have accordingly conformed to the prevailing demand for improving productivity, arguably at the expense of fruit quality. It is, however, compelling to assess the qualitative implications of this growing agronomic practice for human nutrition. Problems of impaired vegetable fruit quality have not infrequently been associated with the practice of grafting. Accordingly, the aim of the current review is to reassess how the practice of grafting and the prevalence of particular types of commercial rootstocks influence vegetable fruit quality and, partly, storability. Physical, sensorial and bioactive aspects of quality are examined with respect to grafting for watermelon, melon, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, and pepper. The physiological mechanisms at play which mediate rootstock effects on scion performance are discussed in interpreting the implications of grafting for the configuration of vegetable fruit physicochemical quality and nutritive value.

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“…In our study, the lowest curly endive crop performance was observed in plants cultivated in a growing substrate with 100% biochar. This remarks that the unfavorable plant growing conditions of the media and the stressful conditions induce an accumulation of phenolics [38][39][40][41]. Therefore, we could hypothesize that the higher total phenolic content is due to a stress caused by a non-optimal curly endive-cultivation environment (pH and EC stresses).…”

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Poplar Biochar as an Alternative Substrate for Curly Endive Cultivated in a Soilless System

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Imminent necessity for eco-friendly and low-cost substitutes to peat is a defiance in the soilless plant cultivation systems. Wood biochar could entirely or partly substitute peat as a plant growing constituent to produce vegetables. Nevertheless, knowledge concerning potential plant performance of leafy green vegetables grown on wood biochar is restricted. The present study assessed the main physicochemical traits of various growing media constituted by decreasing the content of peat and by increasing the percentages of poplar wood biochar. Yield, nutritional and functional properties of curly endive plants cultivated in a protected environment were also tested. Biochar was pyrolyzed from poplar (Populus nigra L.) at 450 or 700 °C for 48 h. Increasing biochar concentration and pyrolysis temperature resulted in higher pH, EC and K content of the growing mediums. Biochar was also effective in increasing particle density and bulk density. Biochar at 70% and pyrolysis temperature of 450 °C significantly increased head fresh weight by 47.4%, head height by 24.9%, stem diameter by 21.5% and number of leaves by 80.8%, respectively compared with the control (100% peat). Head dry matter content, root dry matter content, SSC, ascorbic acid and total phenolic were also significantly affected by this treatment. Furthermore, the addition of biochar and the use of higher pyrolysis temperature decreased N leaves concentration. This represents a particularly important target for leafy green vegetables healthiness.

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Grafting Influences Phenolic Profile and Carpometric Traits of Fruits of Greenhouse-Grown Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

Cited by 40 publications

References 44 publications

Solanum aethiopicum gr. gilo and Its Interspecific Hybrid with S. melongena as Alternative Rootstocks for Eggplant: Effects on Vigor, Yield, and Fruit Physicochemical Properties of Cultivar ′Scarlatti′

Solanum aethiopicum gr. gilo and Its Interspecific Hybrid with S. melongena as Alternative Rootstocks for Eggplant: Effects on Vigor, Yield, and Fruit Physicochemical Properties of Cultivar ′Scarlatti′

Vegetable Grafting: The Implications of a Growing Agronomic Imperative for Vegetable Fruit Quality and Nutritive Value

Poplar Biochar as an Alternative Substrate for Curly Endive Cultivated in a Soilless System

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