Evaluation of agronomic performance of grafted tomato plants in greenhouse cultivation

Authors

  • Susana Martinez Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  • Mariana Garbi Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  • María Cecilia Grimaldi Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  • Javier Somoza Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  • Gabriela Morelli Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  • Cecilia Cerisola Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

Keywords:

grafting, rootstock, tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), yield, vigour

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate plant height, total and commercial category yields and date of flowering and fruiting of each truss, computing the number of days elapsed from transplanting and each phase of grafted plants growing under greenhouse conditions. Three trials were carried out in a parabolic greenhouse in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina (34°58’ S; 57°54’ W). Treatments were hybrid tomato plants cv. Elpida (Enza Zaden®) grafted on Efialto (Enza Zaden®) and ungrafted Elpida as control. Ungrafted plants were conducted to one Branch (2 plants.m-2) and grafted plants were conducted to 2 branches (1 plant. m-2). Experimental design was a randomized complete block with 4 replications. The number of days between phases was evaluated by nonparametric Kruskal Wallis (p ≤ 0,05). Yield data and plant height were submitted to variance analysis (p ≤ 0,05). Grafted plants showed a statistically significant increase in the number of days required to reach the flowering and fruiting of the first, third and fifth cluster only in the first trial. Treatments did not differ in either the height or total yield and commercial categories. Grafting cv. Elpida on Efialto resulted in more vigorous plants that can be conducted to two stems reducing the number of plants needed for growing, maintaining production levels equivalents to the ungrafted hybrid led to a stem.

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Published

2014-08-20

How to Cite

Martinez, S., Garbi, M., Grimaldi, M. C., Somoza, J., Morelli, G., & Cerisola, C. (2014). Evaluation of agronomic performance of grafted tomato plants in greenhouse cultivation. Journal of the Agronomy College, 113(2), 218-223. https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/revagro/article/view/20335

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