Grafting-Induced Variability and Seasonal Variations in Tomato

ISBN-13: 9786139869701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 56 str.

Aminu Yahaya

Opis

Three different varieties of tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum Mill) with different phenotypic traits were grafted with the aim of inducing variability that could be used in the improvement of some quality traits of tomato. Tongue approach grafting was applied on to the seedlings of three tomato varieties (Roma, UC and a Local variety). The result obtained revealed highly significant difference (P 0.01) in the number of fruits, fruit weight, fruits diameter, pericarp thickness and number of seeds/fruit of the grafted tomatoes with respect to the controls. Similarly, significant improvement (P 0.05) was also recorded on the pH of the fruit juice. The result implies that grafting induces important quality traits that are of high economic value in tomato. It was deduced that variety Roma responds more to grafting treatment when used as parent stock.

O autorze

Yahaya, Aminu
Aminu Yahaya was born on the 25/11/1972 at Fagge quarters in Fagge Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria. Primary school: 1976-1982, Junior secondary school 1982-1985, Senior secondary school 1985-1988, College of Education 1990-1993. University: (A.B.U. Zaria) with B.sc. (Ed) Biology 2001-2005 and M.sc. Biology 2016 from the same university.