Grafting improves cucumber water stress tolerance in Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
al-Umran, Abd al-Rasul M.
al-Harbi, Abd al-Aziz R.
al-Harbi, Khadijah
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 2 (28 Feb. 2018), pp.298-304, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-02-28
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Water scarcity is a major limiting factor for crop productivity in arid and semi-arid areas.
Grafting elite commercial cultivars onto selected vigorous rootstocks is considered as a useful strategy to alleviate the impact of environmental stresses.
This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using grafting to improve fruit yield and quality of cucumber under water stress conditions.
Alosama F1 cucumber cultivar (Cucumis sativus L.) was grafted onto Affyne (Cucumis sativus L.) and Shintoza A90 (Cucurbitamaxima× C.
moschata) rootstocks.
Non-grafted plants were used as control.
All genotypes were grown under three surface drip irrigation regimes : 50 %, 75% and 100 % of the crop evapotranspiration (ETc), which represent high-water stress, moderate-water stress and non-water stress conditions, respectively.
Yield and fruit quality traits were analyzed and assessed.
In comparison to the non-grafted plants, the best grafting treatment under water stress was Alosama F1 grafted onto Shintoza A90 rootstock.
It had an overall improved yield and fruit quality under water stress owing to an increase in the total fruit yield by 27 %, from 4.815 kg plant1 in non-grafted treatment to 6.149 kg plant1 in grafted treatment under moderate-water stress, total soluble solid contents (13 %), titratable acidity (39 %) and vitamin C (33 %).
The soil water contents were low in soil surface and increase gradually with soil depth, while salt distribution showed an adverse trend.
The positive effects of grafting on plant growth, productivity, and water use efficiency support this strategy as an useful tool for improving water stress tolerance in greenhouse grown cucumber in Saudi Arabia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Harbi, Abd al-Aziz R.& al-Umran, Abd al-Rasul M.& al-Harbi, Khadijah. 2018. Grafting improves cucumber water stress tolerance in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.298-304.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Harbi, Abd al-Aziz R.…[et al.]. Grafting improves cucumber water stress tolerance in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 25, no. 2 (Feb. 2018), pp.298-304.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Harbi, Abd al-Aziz R.& al-Umran, Abd al-Rasul M.& al-Harbi, Khadijah. Grafting improves cucumber water stress tolerance in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2018. Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.298-304.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-780580
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 304
Record ID
BIM-780580