Salinity isoneofthemajorabioticstressesthatreduceplantgrowthandcropproductivityinmanyveg- etable productionareasoftheworld.Graftingcanrepresentaninterestingtooltoavoidorreduceyield losses causedbysalinitystressinhigh-yieldinggenotypesbelongingto Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae families. Graftingisanintegrativereciprocalprocessand,therefore,bothscionandrootstockcaninflu- ence salttoleranceofgraftedplants.Graftedplantsgrownundersalineconditionsoftenexhibitedbetter growth andyield,higherphotosynthesisandleafwatercontent,greaterroot-to-shootratio,higheraccu- mulation ofcompatibleosmolytes,abscisicacidandpolyaminesinleaves,greaterantioxidantcapacity in leaves,andloweraccumulationofNa+ and/or Cl− in shootsthanungraftedorself-graftedplants. This reportgivesanoverviewoftherecentliteratureonthesalinityresponseofgraftedplantsandthe mechanisms ofsalttoleranceingraftedplantsrelatedtothemorphologicalrootcharacteristicsandthe physiological andbiochemicalprocesses.Thereviewwillconcludebyidentifyingseveralprospectsfor future researchesaimingtoimprovetheroleofgraftinginvegetablecropsgrownundersalineconditions.
Role of grafting in vegetable crops grown under saline conditions / Giuseppe, Colla; Rouphael, Youssef; Cherubino, Leonardi; Zhilong, Bie. - In: SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE. - ISSN 0304-4238. - 127:(2010), pp. 147-155. [10.1016/j.scienta.2010.08.004]
Role of grafting in vegetable crops grown under saline conditions
ROUPHAEL, YOUSSEF;
2010
Abstract
Salinity isoneofthemajorabioticstressesthatreduceplantgrowthandcropproductivityinmanyveg- etable productionareasoftheworld.Graftingcanrepresentaninterestingtooltoavoidorreduceyield losses causedbysalinitystressinhigh-yieldinggenotypesbelongingto Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae families. Graftingisanintegrativereciprocalprocessand,therefore,bothscionandrootstockcaninflu- ence salttoleranceofgraftedplants.Graftedplantsgrownundersalineconditionsoftenexhibitedbetter growth andyield,higherphotosynthesisandleafwatercontent,greaterroot-to-shootratio,higheraccu- mulation ofcompatibleosmolytes,abscisicacidandpolyaminesinleaves,greaterantioxidantcapacity in leaves,andloweraccumulationofNa+ and/or Cl− in shootsthanungraftedorself-graftedplants. This reportgivesanoverviewoftherecentliteratureonthesalinityresponseofgraftedplantsandthe mechanisms ofsalttoleranceingraftedplantsrelatedtothemorphologicalrootcharacteristicsandthe physiological andbiochemicalprocesses.Thereviewwillconcludebyidentifyingseveralprospectsfor future researchesaimingtoimprovetheroleofgraftinginvegetablecropsgrownundersalineconditions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
