TY  - GEN
AU  - Rouphael,Youssef
AU  - Colla,Giuseppe
AU  - Kyriacou,Marios
AU  - Rouphael,Youssef
AU  - Colla,Giuseppe
AU  - Kyriacou,Marios
TI  - Grafting as a Sustainable Means for Securing Yield Stability and Quality in Vegetable Crops
SN  - books978-3-0365-0393-6
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Basel, Switzerland
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
KW  - Research & information: general
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Biology, life sciences
KW  - Technology, engineering, agriculture
KW  - tomato grafting
KW  - splice grafting technique
KW  - graft angle
KW  - random diameter
KW  - wild eggplant relative
KW  - interspecific hybrid
KW  - scion/rootstock combination
KW  - plant vigour
KW  - yield
KW  - fruit quality attributes
KW  - cucumber
KW  - grafting techniques
KW  - rootstock-scion
KW  - soil-borne disease
KW  - resistant
KW  - tolerant crop growth
KW  - fruit yield
KW  - fruit quality
KW  - LED
KW  - PPFD
KW  - PsaA
KW  - PsbA
KW  - Western Blot
KW  - Cucumis melo L
KW  - arsenic
KW  - grafting
KW  - translocation
KW  - bioaccumulation
KW  - agricultural robot
KW  - automated grafting
KW  - agricultural machinery
KW  - Tomato grafting
KW  - salinity tolerance
KW  - rootstock
KW  - physio-biochemical mechanisms
KW  - Solanum lycopresicum L
KW  - vegetable grafting
KW  - Solanum melongena L
KW  - grafting combinations
KW  - arbuscular micorrhizal fungi
KW  - yield traits
KW  - NUE
KW  - mineral profile
KW  - functional properties
KW  - NaCl
KW  - Citrullus vulgaris Schrad
KW  - Luffa cylindrica Mill
KW  - C. maxima Duch. × C. moschata Duch
KW  - seedlings
KW  - morpho-physiological traits
KW  - solanaceae
KW  - cucurbitaceae
KW  - defense mechanisms
KW  - soilborne pathogen
KW  - genetic resistance
KW  - microbial communities
KW  - soil/root interface
KW  - reduced irrigation
KW  - rootstocks
KW  - leaf gas exchange
KW  - Citrullus lanatus (Thunb) Matsum and Nakai
KW  - functional quality
KW  - lycopene
KW  - storage
KW  - sugars
KW  - texture
KW  - eggplant grafting
KW  - sensory evaluation
KW  - Brassicaceae
KW  - growth
KW  - mineral content
KW  - photosynthesis
KW  - taproot
KW  - n/a
N1  - Open Access
N2  - 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 deficiencies, flooding, waterlogging, heavy metals contamination, adverse soil pH and organic pollutants, while the remaining 30-40% is due to biotic factors, especially soilborne pathogens, foliar pathogens, arthropods and weeds. Under climate change forecasts, the pressure of biotic/abiotic stressors on yield is expected to rise and challenge further global food security. To meet global demand, several solutions have been proposed, focusing on the breeding of varieties with greater yield potential, but this one-size-fits-all solution leads to limited benefits. In order to overcome the current situation, grafting of elite scion varieties onto vigorous rootstock varieties has been suggested as one of the most promising drives towards further yield stability. Specifically, the implementation of suitable rootstock × scion × environment combinations in Solanaceous (tomato, eggplant, pepper) and Cucurbitaceous (melon, watermelon, melon) high-value crops represents an untapped opportunity to secure yield stability and reliability under biotic/abiotic stresses. This Special Issue invites Original Research, Technology Reports, Methods, Opinions, Perspectives, Invited Reviews and Mini Reviews dissecting grafting as a sustainable agro technology for enhancing tolerance to abiotic stresses and reducing disease damage. In addition, the following are of interest: potential contributions dealing with genetic resources for rootstock breeding, practices and technologies of rootstock breeding, and rootstock-scion signaling, as well as the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying graft compatibility. In addition, the effect of grafting on vegetable quality, practical applications and nursery management of grafted seedlings and specialty crops (e.g. artichoke and bean) will be considered within the general scope of the Special Issue. We highly believe that this compilation of high standard scientific papers on the principles and practices of vegetable grafting will foster discussions within this important field
UR  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3547
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68526
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