Vegetable Grafting : Principles and Practices.

This book provides comprehensive and current scientific and practical knowledge on vegetable grafting, a method gaining considerable interest as an alternative to the use of fumigants to protect crops from soil-borne diseases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colla, Giuseppe.
Other Authors: Pérez-Alfocea, Francisco., Schwarz, Dietmar., Albacete, Alfonso., Nawaz, M. A., Bebeli, Penelope J., Ben-Hur, Meni., Bie, Zhilong., Calatayud, Angeles., Cohen, Roni.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : CAB International, 2017.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to Vegetable Grafting -- 1.1 Importance and Use of Vegetable Grafting -- 1.1.1 Historical perspective -- 1.1.2 Purpose and scope -- 1.1.3 Growing areas and plantlet production -- 1.2 The Process of Vegetable Grafting -- 1.2.1 Selection of rootstock and scion cultivars -- 1.2.2 Overview of grafting methods -- 1.2.3 Preference of grafting method for different species -- 1.2.4 Post-graft healing environment -- 1.3 Problems Associated with Vegetable Grafting -- 1.4 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Genetic Resources for Rootstock Breeding -- 2.1 Genetic Diversity -- 2.1.1 Diversity in the Cucurbitaceae family -- 2.1.2 Diversity in the Solanaceae family -- 2.2 Gene Bank Collections -- 2.2.1 Cucurbitaceae -- 2.2.2 Solanaceae -- 2.3 Current Usage of Genetic Material in Rootstocks -- 2.3.1 Rootstocks for cucurbit production -- 2.3.2 Rootstocks for production of solanaceous crops -- 2.4 Germplasm Collections and Grafting in Other Plant Families -- 2.4.1 Cynara gafting -- 2.4.2 Phaseolous grafting -- 2.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Rootstock Breeding: Current Practices and Future Technologies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Stacking Traits: Meiosis or Grafting or Both? -- 3.3 Developing Stable Core Collections of Germplasm for Breeding -- 3.4 Deploying Genetic Diversity for Rootstocks -- 3.4.1 General principles -- 3.4.2 Use of Cucurbita F1 hybrids -- 3.4.3 Use of Solanum F1 hybrids -- 3.4.4 Interspecific hybrids and hybridization barriers -- 3.5 Grafting as a Tool for Genetic Hybridization and Chimera Production -- 3.5.1 Genetic hybridization: transfer of nuclear and organellar DNA between cells of the graft union -- 3.5.2 Use of grafting to generate chimeras -- 3.6 Selection of Improved Rootstocks. 
505 8 |a 3.6.1 Phenotypic selection -- 3.6.2 Marker-assisted Selection -- 3.7 Transgenic Rootstocks -- 3.8 Rootstock Registration and Commercialization -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Rootstock-scion Signalling: Key Factors Mediating Scion Performance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Current Knowledge of Ionic and Chemical Signalling Between Rootstock and Scion -- 4.2.1 Ionic signalling -- 4.2.2 Plant hormone signalling -- 4.2.3 Metabolite profile of the xylem sap: xylomics -- 4.2.4 Physical signalling -- 4.2.5 Proteins -- 4.2.6 Small RNAs -- 4.3 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Graft Compatibility -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Anatomical and Physiological Steps During Graft Union Development -- 5.2.1 Graft establishment between compatible and incompatible combinations -- 5.2.2 Translocation between grafted partners -- 5.3 Role of Secondary Metabolites at the Interface in Graft Incompatibility -- 5.4 Cell-to-cell Communication Between Graft Partners -- 5.4.1 Plant growth regulator and graft union formation -- 5.4.2 Cell-to-cell communication at the graft interface -- 5.5 Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Graft Union Formation and Compatibility -- 5.5.1 Genes differentially expressed during graft union formation -- 5.5.2 Genes differentially expressed between compatible and incompatible graft combinations -- 5.6 Methods for Examining Graft Union Development and Compatibility -- 5.6.1 In vitro techniques -- 5.6.2 Histological studies -- 5.6.3 Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging as a diagnostic technique -- 5.7 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Grafting as Agrotechnology for Reducing Disease Damage -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 First Step: Managing Diseases in the Nursery -- 6.2.1 Tobamovirus management: grafted cucurbits and cucumber green mottle mosaic virus: an example of risk and a solution. 
505 8 |a 6.2.2 Bacterial canker management: grafted tomatoes and an old nemesis -- 6.3 Disease Spread from the Nursery to the Field: the Example of Powdery Mildew of Watermelons -- 6.4 Intra- and Interspecific Grafting and their Relationship to Diseases -- 6.5 Biotic or Abiotic Stress? Different Responses of Grafted Plants to Environmental Conditions: the Case of 'Physiological Wilt' -- 6.6 Response of Grafted Plants to Nematodes -- 6.7 Commercial Rootstocks and Unknown Genetics -- 6.8 Different Mechanisms Involved in Disease Resistance Induced by Grafting -- 6.9 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Grafting as a Tool for Tolerance of Abiotic Stress -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Temperature Stress -- 7.2.1 Diminishing temperature constraints for vegetable production -- 7.2.2 Contribution of rootstocks to improved low- and high-temperature tolerance -- 7.2.3 Rootstock selection for improved temperature-stress tolerance -- 7.2.4 Cold- and heat-tolerant Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae rootstocks -- 7.3 Salinity Stress -- 7.4 Nutrient Stress -- 7.4.1 Excessive nutrient availability -- 7.4.2 Deficient nutrient availability -- 7.5 Stress Induced by Metalloids and Heavy Metals -- 7.5.1 Boron -- 7.5.2 Heavy metals -- 7.6 Stress by Adverse Soil pH -- 7.7 Drought and Flood Stresses -- 7.7.1 Drought -- 7.7.2 Flooding and waterlogging -- 7.8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8 Quality of Grafted Vegetables -- 8.1 What is Quality? -- 8.2 Rootstock Effects on Fruit Quality -- 8.2.1 Appearance -- 8.2.2 Texture -- 8.2.3 Organoleptic compounds and relationship to sensory properties -- 8.2.4 Health-promoting substances -- 8.2.5 Contaminants -- 8.3 Effects of Grafting on Ripening and Postharvest Behaviour -- 8.4 Biophysiological Processes Affecting Fruit Quality -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Practical Applications and Speciality Crops. 
505 8 |a 9.1 Establishment of Grafted Transplants under Mediterranean Climate Conditions -- 9.1.1 Factors affecting the establishment of grafted plants -- 9.1.2 Abiotic stress -- 9.1.3 Biotic stress -- 9.2 Recommendations for the Use of Grafted Plants in Greenhouses: the Case of The Netherlands -- 9.2.1 The grafting process -- 9.2.2 Cultivation system of grafted plants -- 9.2.3 Start of cultivation -- 9.2.4 Later phases in cultivation -- 9.3 Role of Grafting in Speciality Crops -- 9.3.1 Globe artichoke -- 9.3.2 Green bean -- 9.4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives on Vegetable Grafting -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index -- Plates -- Back Cover. 
520 |a This book provides comprehensive and current scientific and practical knowledge on vegetable grafting, a method gaining considerable interest as an alternative to the use of fumigants to protect crops from soil-borne diseases. 
588 |a Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. 
590 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.  
655 4 |a Electronic books. 
700 1 |a Pérez-Alfocea, Francisco. 
700 1 |a Schwarz, Dietmar. 
700 1 |a Albacete, Alfonso. 
700 1 |a Nawaz, M. A. 
700 1 |a Bebeli, Penelope J. 
700 1 |a Ben-Hur, Meni. 
700 1 |a Bie, Zhilong. 
700 1 |a Calatayud, Angeles. 
700 1 |a Cohen, Roni. 
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