Grafting onto African eggplant enhances growth, yield and fruit quality of tomatoes in tropical Forest ecozones

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dc.contributor.authorNkansah, G.O.
dc.contributor.authorAhwireng, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorAmoatey, C.
dc.contributor.authorAyarna, A.W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T09:10:23Z
dc.date.available2018-12-19T09:10:23Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.description.abstractField experiments were conducted at the Teaching and Research farm of the University of Ghana Forest and Horticultural Crop Research Centre (FOHCREC), Okumaning-Kade to investigate the effect of grafting on growth, yield, disease resistance and fruit quality of tomatoes grafted onto two different African eggplant rootstocks. Two commercial tomato varieties ('Tropimech' and 'Roma') were used as scions and two African eggplant varieties ('Aworoworo' and 'Green') were used as rootstocks. The scion/rootstock combinations or treatments were 'Roma/Green', 'Tropimech/Green', 'Roma/Aworoworo', 'Tropimech/Aworoworo', 'Roma/Roma', 'Tropimech/Tropimech', and Roma non-grafted (control) and Tropimech nongrafted (control). The results indicated that, grafted tomatoes on African eggplant rootstocks performed better in terms of growth, yield, earliness, disease incidence and shelf life than non-grafted or control plants. Pooled mean data indicated significant differences in terms of percent fruit set, fruit number and weight among the treatments. Percent fruit set was higher for tomato on Africa eggplant (67.9) compared to the self grafted (58.7) and the control (52.6). Fruit number/plant and yield of tomato on the African eggplant was 16.2 and 1120.7g/plant compared to the control (10.8 and 916g/plant) while the self grafted had 13.2 and 1064.9g/plant, respectively. The shelf life of grafted tomatoes onto egg plant was significantly higher (25.4 days) compared to control (13.6 days). Grafting did not significantly affect Brix (%), pH and acidity of tomato. Grafted plants significantly recorded low disease incidence compared to non-grafted ones. The study indicated that the use of grafting on eggplant in the humid forest zone of Ghana can boost tomato production considerably.en_US
dc.identifier.othervolume 15, issue 1, pages 16-20
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26491
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Applied Horticultureen_US
dc.subjectAfrican eggplanten_US
dc.subjectGraftingen_US
dc.subjectRootstocken_US
dc.subjectScionen_US
dc.subjectSolanum aethiopicumen_US
dc.subjectSolanum lycopersicumen_US
dc.subjectTomatoen_US
dc.subjectYielden_US
dc.titleGrafting onto African eggplant enhances growth, yield and fruit quality of tomatoes in tropical Forest ecozonesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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