Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops
In this study, hybrid pepper rootstock NIBER® is tested for its ability to overcome water stress situations under soil conditions. The impact of deficit irrigation (DI) on yield and fruit quality, irrigation water use efficiency is evaluated, and consequently, the agronomic impact of employing water...
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| author | Gisbert-Mullor, Ramón Pascual-Seva, Nuria Martínez-Gimeno, María A. López-Serrano, Lidia Badal, Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Juan G. Bonet, Luis Gara-Padilla, Yaiza Calatayud, Ángeles Pascual, Bernardo López-Galarza, Salvador |
| author_browse | Badal, Eduardo Bonet, Luis Calatayud, Ángeles Gara-Padilla, Yaiza Gisbert-Mullor, Ramón López-Galarza, Salvador López-Serrano, Lidia Martínez-Gimeno, María A. Pascual, Bernardo Pascual-Seva, Nuria Pérez-Pérez, Juan G. |
| author_facet | Gisbert-Mullor, Ramón Pascual-Seva, Nuria Martínez-Gimeno, María A. López-Serrano, Lidia Badal, Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Juan G. Bonet, Luis Gara-Padilla, Yaiza Calatayud, Ángeles Pascual, Bernardo López-Galarza, Salvador |
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| description | In this study, hybrid pepper rootstock NIBER® is tested for its ability to overcome water stress situations under soil conditions. The impact of deficit irrigation (DI) on yield and fruit quality, irrigation water use efficiency is evaluated, and consequently, the agronomic impact of employing water-stress tolerant rootstock is compared to ungrafted pepper plants. For this purpose, plants of the California-type sweet pepper ‘Maestral F1’ grafted onto NIBER® underwent a sustained DI regime during seasons 2018 and 2019 and were compared to their respective controls. Plants were drip-fertirrigated, and volumetric soil water content was continuously monitored by capacitance sensors. Gas exchange and leaf water potential measurements were taken early in the morning and midday 58, 79, and 114 days after transplanting. Plant and fruit dry biomass, marketable quality, blossom-end rot incidence and harvest index were also determined. For consecutive years, our results confirmed that grafting a pepper cultivar onto an appropriate rootstock (NIBER® in this case) as part of a DI strategy can overcome the negative effects of sustained water stress conditions. The plant biomass production and fruit yields of grafted plants were less affected by DI due to less sensitivity to water stress. This can be attributed to a less marked reduction in shoot dry weight in the grafted plants, which allowed greater whole photosynthesis by maintaining sink activity compared to ungrafted plants. |
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| spelling | ReDivia66902025-04-25T14:47:40Z Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops Gisbert-Mullor, Ramón Pascual-Seva, Nuria Martínez-Gimeno, María A. López-Serrano, Lidia Badal, Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Juan G. Bonet, Luis Gara-Padilla, Yaiza Calatayud, Ángeles Pascual, Bernardo López-Galarza, Salvador Sustained deficit irrigation Volumetric soil water content F06 Irrigation F02 Plant propagation Grafting Capsicum annuum Drought stress Abiotic stress Gas exchange Leaf water potential Biomass In this study, hybrid pepper rootstock NIBER® is tested for its ability to overcome water stress situations under soil conditions. The impact of deficit irrigation (DI) on yield and fruit quality, irrigation water use efficiency is evaluated, and consequently, the agronomic impact of employing water-stress tolerant rootstock is compared to ungrafted pepper plants. For this purpose, plants of the California-type sweet pepper ‘Maestral F1’ grafted onto NIBER® underwent a sustained DI regime during seasons 2018 and 2019 and were compared to their respective controls. Plants were drip-fertirrigated, and volumetric soil water content was continuously monitored by capacitance sensors. Gas exchange and leaf water potential measurements were taken early in the morning and midday 58, 79, and 114 days after transplanting. Plant and fruit dry biomass, marketable quality, blossom-end rot incidence and harvest index were also determined. For consecutive years, our results confirmed that grafting a pepper cultivar onto an appropriate rootstock (NIBER® in this case) as part of a DI strategy can overcome the negative effects of sustained water stress conditions. The plant biomass production and fruit yields of grafted plants were less affected by DI due to less sensitivity to water stress. This can be attributed to a less marked reduction in shoot dry weight in the grafted plants, which allowed greater whole photosynthesis by maintaining sink activity compared to ungrafted plants. 2020-10-26T09:56:58Z 2020-10-26T09:56:58Z 2020 article publishedVersion Gisbert-Mullor, R., Pascual-Seva, N., Martínez-Gimeno, M. A., López-Serrano, L., Marín, E. B., Pérez-Pérez, J. G., ... & López-Galarza, S. (2020). Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops. Agronomy, 10(10), 1529. 2073-4395 (e-ISSN) http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6690 10.3390/agronomy10101529 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/10/1529 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess MDPI electronico |
| spellingShingle | Sustained deficit irrigation Volumetric soil water content F06 Irrigation F02 Plant propagation Grafting Capsicum annuum Drought stress Abiotic stress Gas exchange Leaf water potential Biomass Gisbert-Mullor, Ramón Pascual-Seva, Nuria Martínez-Gimeno, María A. López-Serrano, Lidia Badal, Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Juan G. Bonet, Luis Gara-Padilla, Yaiza Calatayud, Ángeles Pascual, Bernardo López-Galarza, Salvador Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops |
| title | Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops |
| title_full | Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops |
| title_fullStr | Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops |
| title_short | Grafting onto an Appropriate Rootstock Reduces the Impact on Yield and Quality of Controlled Deficit Irrigated Pepper Crops |
| title_sort | grafting onto an appropriate rootstock reduces the impact on yield and quality of controlled deficit irrigated pepper crops |
| topic | Sustained deficit irrigation Volumetric soil water content F06 Irrigation F02 Plant propagation Grafting Capsicum annuum Drought stress Abiotic stress Gas exchange Leaf water potential Biomass |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6690 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/10/1529 |
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