Rootstock and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Combinatorial Effects on Eggplant Crop Performance and Fruit Quality under Greenhouse Conditions
Autor: | Leo Sabatino, Beppe Benedetto Consentino, Fabio D'Anna, Youssef Rouphael, Giovanni Iapichino |
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Přispěvatelé: | Sabatino L., Iapichino G., Consentino B.B., D'Anna F., Rouphael Y., Sabatino, L., Iapichino, G., Consentino, B. B., D'Anna, F., Rouphael, Y. |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
vegetable grafting Greenhouse Settore AGR/04 - Orticoltura E Floricoltura Solanum melongena L 01 natural sciences lcsh:Agriculture NUE chemistry.chemical_compound Chlorogenic acid grafting combination Solanum torvum Functional propertie yield trait arbuscular micorrhizal fungi functional properties biology grafting combinations Inoculation fungi lcsh:S food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Herbaceous plant biology.organism_classification Ascorbic acid Arbuscular mycorrhiza Horticulture yield traits chemistry 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Rootstock Agronomy and Crop Science mineral profile 010606 plant biology & botany |
Zdroj: | Agronomy, Vol 10, Iss 693, p 693 (2020) Agronomy Volume 10 Issue 5 |
ISSN: | 2073-4395 |
Popis: | The herbaceous grafting of fruiting vegetables is considered a toolbox for safeguarding yield stability under various distresses and for improving fruit quality. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi seems also to be an efficient tool for increasing the assimilation, uptake and translocation of macroelements and microelements, for modulating plant secondary metabolism and for overcoming several forms of plant distress. The present work evaluated the combined effect of grafting the &ldquo Birgah&rdquo (B) eggplant onto its wild/allied relatives&rsquo rootstocks (Solanum torvum (T), S. macrocarpon (M) and S. paniculatum (P)) and AM fungi (R. irregularis) on the yield, fruit quality, nitrogen use efficiency, mineral profile, and nutritional and functional quality. The B/T, B/M and B/P grafting combinations significantly increased the marketable fruit and fruit number compared with those in the ungrafted control. Furthermore, irrespective of the grafting combinations, AM fungi significantly enhanced the marketable fruit, fruit number and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) by 13.3%, 12.7% and 13.3%, respectively compared to those in the untreated control. Exposing the B/T and B/P grafted plants to the +AM treatment significantly increased the ascorbic acid contents by 17.2% and 10.4%, respectively, compared with those in the ungrafted control. Fruits from the combination B/P × +AM had a higher chlorogenic acid content than fruits from the ungrafted control plots. Finally, the B/T × +AM and B/P × +AM combinations decreased glycoalkaloids by 58.7% and 63.7%, respectively, compared with those in the ungrafted control, which represents a highly important target for eggplant fruit healthiness. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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