Grafting as a Sustainable Means for Securing Yield Stability and Quality in Vegetable Crops

• Other Authors: Rouphael, Youssef (Editor), Colla, Giuseppe (Editor), Kyriacou, Marios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; tomato grafting; splice grafting technique; graft angle; random diameter; wild eggplant relative; interspecific hybrid; scion/rootstock combination; plant vigour; yield; fruit quality attributes; cucumber; grafting techniques; rootstock-scion; soil-borne disease; resistant; tolerant crop growth; fruit yield; fruit quality; LED; PPFD; PsaA; PsbA; Western Blot; Cucumis melo L.; arsenic; grafting; translocation; bioaccumulation; agricultural robot; automated grafting; agricultural machinery; Tomato grafting; salinity tolerance; rootstock; physio-biochemical mechanisms; Solanum lycopresicum L.; vegetable grafting; Solanum melongena L.; grafting combinations; arbuscular micorrhizal fungi; yield traits; NUE; mineral profile; functional properties; NaCl; Citrullus vulgaris Schrad; Luffa cylindrica Mill; C. maxima Duch. × C. moschata Duch.; seedlings; morpho-physiological traits; solanaceae; cucurbitaceae; defense mechanisms; soilborne pathogen; genetic resistance; microbial communities; soil/root interface; reduced irrigation; rootstocks; leaf gas exchange; Citrullus lanatus (Thunb) Matsum and Nakai; functional quality; lycopene; storage; sugars; texture; eggplant grafting; sensory evaluation; Brassicaceae; growth; mineral content; photosynthesis; taproot; n/a
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Vegetable growers around the world only collect, on average, half of the yield they would obtain under optimal conditions, known as yield potential. It is estimated that 60-70% of the yield gap is attributable to abiotic factors such as salinity, drought, suboptimal temperatures, nutritional deficie...