Cucumber grafting on indigenous cucurbit landraces confers salt tolerance and improves fruit yield by enhancing morpho-physio-biochemical and ionic attributes
Fazal Abbas, Hafiz Nazar Faried, Gulzar Akhtar, Sami Ullah, Talha Javed, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Khurram Ziaf, Kashif Razzaq, Muhammad Amin, Fahad Masoud Wattoo, Aqsa Hafeez, Mehdi Rahimi, Amany H. A. Abeed · 2023
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Description
Fazal Abbas and a large team test grafted cucumber plants under salty water in this 2023 study from Pakistan. Much of the ground water pumped for crops there is brackish, and salt builds up in the soil. Cucumber is a key crop, yet it handles salt poorly.
The team grafted cucumber onto hardy local types of related plants. They then tracked growth, body traits, and salt ion levels in the plants. Grafting gave the plants more salt tolerance and raised fruit yield. The method uses local plant stock and no chemicals. It offers growers a low-cost way to keep crops going on salty land.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fazal Abbas, Hafiz Nazar Faried, Gulzar Akhtar, Sami Ullah, Talha Javed, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Khurram Ziaf, Kashif Razzaq, Muhammad Amin, Fahad Masoud Wattoo, Aqsa Hafeez, Mehdi Rahimi, Amany H. A. Abeed |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |