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The effect of using grafted seedlings on the yield and quality of tomatoes grown in greenhouses

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  • Rodica Soare

    (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania)

  • Maria Dinu

    (Faculty of Horticulture, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania)

  • Cristina Babeanu

    (Faculty of Sciences, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania)

Abstract

This study was aimed at observing the effect of the grafting of tomato plants on morphological (vegetative growth), production and nutritive characteristics (quantity and quality of production). For this purpose, the 'Lorely F1' cultivar was used as a scion grafted onto the 'Beaufort' rootstock. Plants were cultivated with a stem and two stems. The observations collected in this study were concerned with the characteristics of plant growth. The studied morphological characteristics were plant height, stem diameter and number of leaves, and the studied production characteristics were the characteristics of fructification and productivity (the average number of fruit per plant, the average weight of the fruit, production per plant). Particular attention was paid to the nutritional characteristics of the fruit, to the fruit quality (total soluble solids, total sugar, acidity, vitamin C, antioxidant activity (by the Trolox method) and the contents of lycopene and beta-carotene). The results showed that grafting positively influenced the growth and production characteristics. Grafting of tomato plants had an appreciable effect on the vegetative growth of the variant 2-grafted tomatoes with a stem. The best option in terms of productivity and production was the variant 3-grafted tomatoes with two stems, which yielded 9.2 kg per plant. Fruit quality was not improved in any of the grafted variants.

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  • Rodica Soare & Maria Dinu & Cristina Babeanu, 2018. "The effect of using grafted seedlings on the yield and quality of tomatoes grown in greenhouses," Horticultural Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 45(2), pages 76-82.
  • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:45:y:2018:i:2:id:214-2016-hortsci
    DOI: 10.17221/214/2016-HORTSCI
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