Grafting is a time-honoured practice in horticultural crop production that involves uniting a scion, the above‐ground portion of a plant chosen for its desirable fruit or flower characteristics, with ...

Recently, I was visiting my sister at Wrightsville Beach and we were invited to a tomato tasting party. Because I love tomatoes, I was looking forward to attending this summer party. When we arrived, ...

First, there is seed propagation, which requires the correct light, heat, and humidity to be successful. Methods of asexual propagation include cuttings, layering, budding and grafting. Cuttings are ...

Q: I like to grow heirloom varieties of tomatoes but the last few years I have had issues with several tomato diseases in my garden beds. I have purchased grafted tomato plants that have done very ...

MANHATTAN, KS - As small-acreage and organic vegetable growers increasingly utilize high tunnels, researchers are working to determine effective production strategies to help limit soilborne diseases.

A team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers and horticulturists are investigating how successful integration of vegetable grafting into current tomato production practices could present new opportunities ...

Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 100, No. 1 (April 2018), pp. 43-50 (8 pages) Tomato production is limited in Nigeria by foliar and soil-borne diseases. Most cultivars that command a premium market ...

Heterografted pepper fails to form vascular connections and shows a significant decrease in size 30 DAG. (a, c, e, g, i, k, m, o, q, s, u, w, y) Representative ...