Current Horticulture
Open Access
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Suppression of bacterial wilt in susceptible scion of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and brinjal (Solanum melongena) using Solanum torvum as resistant rootstock

  • Author:
  • Snehal Yenare1, Abhijit Arun Daspute2,*, Vijay Raut3, Nikita Babar3, Sopan Ganpatrao Wagh4, Shreyas Sonar4, Shreyans Thole4, Vallabh Vitekar4, Sanjay Harke4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 48 to 51

1Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Vidyaprathishthan, Baramati, MPKV, Rahuri, Maharashtra, India

2Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Madadgaon, MPKV, Rahuri

3Department of Plant Biotechnology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharashtra, India

4Department of Bio-Science and Technology, MGM University, Aurangabad

*Corresponding author: aadaspute@gmail.com

Online published on 3 January, 2024.

Abstract

The autografts of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.), brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) chilli (Capsicum sp.), and citrus (Citrus spp.), showed 86, 87, 84, and 88% graft efficiency respectively. Moreover, homograft of tomato, brinjal and citrus showed 83, 81 and 84% graft efficiency respectively. In vitro microgafting protocol performed within 8 days after seed germination and had up to 97% success rate without use of any phytohormones. Moreover, tomato and brinlal grafted on S. torvum rootstock showed the resistance to bacterial wilt. However, non -grafted tomato and brinjal showed bacterial wilt symptoms. The developed microgarted protocol helps in the production of bacterial wilt resistant tomato and brinjal by the use of S. torvum as a rootstock.

Keywords

Bacterial wilt, Brinjal, Micrografting, Rootstock, S. torvum