Abstract
Soil-born diseases often cause problems in vegetable forcing; this is because growers use greenhouses for the longest time possible. During the years several solutions have been found to displace chemical control. Grafting is a possible chemical free solution that shows several changes in plants thanks to the vigorous rootstock. In this study we examined the effect of grafting on the yield and fruit characteristics in tomato cultivar. Lemance F1 was used as scion and Beaufort as rootstock. Earliness, total yield, fruit weight and number of each graft combination were recorded. Moreover, the main fruit components such as Brix°, carbohydrate, acid and the carbohydrate/acid ratio were analysed. We harvested more yield from the grafted plants. The increase of yield was mainly caused by higher average fruit weight. Brix° and carbohydrate content were lower in the fruits on grafted plants than on ungrafted ones but there was no significant difference in acid content.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Grafted tomato plants yielded more than ungrafted plants.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- grafted plantse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“We harvested more yield from the grafted plants.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher average fruit weight mainly explained the grafted plants’ yield increase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- increase of yielde0
- Qualifier
- higher average fruit weighte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The increase of yield was mainly caused by higher average fruit weight.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Brix° was lower in fruit on grafted than ungrafted plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse0
- Outcome
- Brix°e0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- ungrafted onese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Brix° and carbohydrate content were lower in the fruits on grafted plants than on ungrafted ones”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Carbohydrate content was lower in fruit on grafted than ungrafted plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- grafted plantse0
- Outcome
- carbohydrate contente0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- ungrafted onese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Brix° and carbohydrate content were lower in the fruits on grafted plants than on ungrafted ones”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit acid content showed no significant difference with grafting.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- acid contente0
- Direction
- no significant differencee0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“there was no significant difference in acid content”
t0“tomato”
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