The Effectiveness of Grafting Method on Growth, Fruit Quality and Yield of Tomato

摘要

This experiment was conducted under net house conditions at the Eastern Experimental Station ofthe Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, during the summer seasons of 2015 and 2016 to investigate theeffect of tongue approach and cleft grafting methods on growth parameters, fruit quality and yield of tomatocv. Elbash1077 F , used as a scion or rootstock. A randomized complete 1 block design with 3 replicates wasadopted. The results indicated that no significant differences were recorded between tongue approach graftingand the control on tomato plant height and number of leaves per plant in both seasons as well as number ofbranches and fruit length in the first season and fruit weight in the second one, while cleft grafting gave thesignificant reductions for these parameters. On the other hand, no significant differences were recordedbetween the two grafting methods and the control on fruit weight in the first season, fruit length and leaf SPADreadings in the second season and dry weight of leaves, leaf area, fruit diameter, early yield as well as TSS, totalsugars and Ca concentration in the fruits in both seasons. Total yield and K concentration in tomato fruits weresignificantly higher in the control than both of the two grafting methods in both seasons. It is concluded thattongue approach method was better than cleft method for growth and yield of tomato when grafting needed.