Grafted tomatoes tolerate heat and waterlogging

Farmers in the tropics can now grow tomatoes all the year round. This is achieved by grafting young tomato plants onto an eggplant rootstock which enables them to withstand high temperatures and waterlogged soils. During periods of the tropical...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1993
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49270
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Summary:Farmers in the tropics can now grow tomatoes all the year round. This is achieved by grafting young tomato plants onto an eggplant rootstock which enables them to withstand high temperatures and waterlogged soils. During periods of the tropical...