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...
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| Format: | News Item |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1993
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49270 |
| 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... |
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