Vegetable production with grafted seedlings was originated in Japan and Korea to avoid the
serious crop loss caused by infection of soil-borne diseases aggravated by successive …

In horticultural industry, the focus has traditionally been on yield. However, in recent years
consumers interest in the quality of vegetable products has increased worldwide. Vegetable …

Mung bean is an important pulse crop. It is highly nutritive but is vulnerable to salinity stress.
Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate the protective effect of silicon (Si) …

Due to the high market demand for off-season vegetables and the limited availability of
arable land, vegetable seedlings are cultivated under changing environmental conditions …

Grafting is a centuries-old technique used in plants to obtain economic benefits. Grafting
increases nutrient uptake and utilization efficiency in a number of plant species, including …

The response of grafted vegetables to stress conditions owing to the nutrient status, and the
presence of heavy metals in the root environment may be different than that of self-rooted …

The formation of a successful graft includes a series of biological steps involving immediate
responses to the wound, such as callus and functional vascular system formation between …

Identification of rootstocks capable of improving the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of the
scion could reduce N fertilization and nitrate leaching; however, screening different graft …

Three greenhouse experiments were carried out to determine the effect of the nitrogen form
and the nutrient solution pH on growth, yield, leaf gas exchange, carbohydrate, N-compound …

Root-associated microbes are critical to plant health and performance, although
understanding of the factors that structure these microbial communities and the theory to …