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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2021.30.3.196

Improving Growth and Yield in Cherry Tomato by Using Rootstocks  

Lee, Hyewon (Department of Vegetable crops, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries)
Lee, Jun Gu (Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University)
Hong, Kue Hyon (Department of Vegetable crops, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries)
Kwon, Deok Ho (Department of Vegetable crops, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries)
Cho, Myeong Cheoul (Vegetable Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Hwang, Indeok (R&D Center, Bunongseed Co., Ltd.)
Ahn, Yul Kyun (Department of Vegetable crops, Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.30, no.3, 2021 , pp. 196-205 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research was conducted in order to analyze the difference in yield through the changes in growth and measuring the photosynthesis efficiency in cherry tomatoes. Seedlings of cherry tomato 'Nonari' were used as scion and non-grafted control, while 4 different grafted tomatoes 'Powerguard', 'T1', 'L1', and 'B.blocking' were used as rootstocks. Plants grafted onto 'B.blocking' produced the highest fruit yield (417.5 g plant-1), whereas non-grafted plant 'Nonari' had the lowest fruit yield, (354.2 g plant-1) at the latter period of cherry tomatoes in May. The flowering position in May, plant grafted onto 'B.blocking', showed 14-17 cm, whereas non-grafted plant 'Nonari' showed 10-14 cm. The growth strength on May 15, non-grafted plant 'Nonari', showed 8.43 mm which was the lowest value among the treatments. Grafted plants kept the growth balance until the end of the harvest that led to an increase in fruit yield, while non-grafted plant weakened the vigor earlier that led to a decrease in fruit yield. Grafted plants showed higher values of chlorophyll fluorescence variables than the values of non-grafted plant. These results indicate that grafting influenced fruit yield which was observed as maintaining growth balance for longer and an increase in photosynthesis efficiency compared to non-grafting.
Keywords
cherry tomato grafting; chlorophyll fluorescence variables; growth balance;
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