Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress?
Cucumber production is considered a crucial problem under biotic and abiotic stress, particularly in arid and semi-arid zones. The current study investigated the impact of grafted cucumber plants on five cucurbit rootstocks under infection with <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>c...
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| author | Tarek A. Shalaby Naglaa A. Taha Mohamed T. Rakha Hossam S. El-Beltagi Wael F. Shehata Khaled M. A. Ramadan Hassan El-Ramady Yousry A. Bayoumi |
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| description | Cucumber production is considered a crucial problem under biotic and abiotic stress, particularly in arid and semi-arid zones. The current study investigated the impact of grafted cucumber plants on five cucurbit rootstocks under infection with <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>cucumerinum</i> alone and in combination with heat stress in two different locations (i.e., Kafr El-Sheikh and Sidi Salem) during the year of 2021. The rootstock of VSS-61 F<sub>1</sub> displayed the highest level of resistance with values 20.8 and 16.6% for wilt incidence and 79.2 and 83.4% for the wilt reduction, respectively for both locations. This rootstock showed the lowest disease severity of fusarium wilt (15.3 and 12%), and high grafting efficiency (85 and 88%), respectively in both locations. Grafting also improved plant vigor and cucumber production under heat stress (40–43 °C). The rootstocks VSS-61 F<sub>1</sub>, Ferro and Super Shintoza significantly increased the total yield of cucumber plants compared to non-grafted cucumber and the rootstock Bottle gourd in both locations. Further studies are needed on grafted plants under multiple stresses in terms of plant biological levels, including physiological, biochemical and genetic attributes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddeafe8adbb64a2e87ff1a81ab5ecb0b2023-11-23T09:02:08ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-04-01119114710.3390/plants11091147Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress?Tarek A. Shalaby0Naglaa A. Taha1Mohamed T. Rakha2Hossam S. El-Beltagi3Wael F. Shehata4Khaled M. A. Ramadan5Hassan El-Ramady6Yousry A. Bayoumi7Arid Land Agriculture Department, College of Agricultural and Food Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi ArabiaPlant Pathology Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12619, EgyptHorticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, EgyptAgricultural Biotechnology Department, College of Agricultural and Food Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi ArabiaAgricultural Biotechnology Department, College of Agricultural and Food Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi ArabiaCentral Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi ArabiaSoil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, EgyptHorticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, EgyptCucumber production is considered a crucial problem under biotic and abiotic stress, particularly in arid and semi-arid zones. The current study investigated the impact of grafted cucumber plants on five cucurbit rootstocks under infection with <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>cucumerinum</i> alone and in combination with heat stress in two different locations (i.e., Kafr El-Sheikh and Sidi Salem) during the year of 2021. The rootstock of VSS-61 F<sub>1</sub> displayed the highest level of resistance with values 20.8 and 16.6% for wilt incidence and 79.2 and 83.4% for the wilt reduction, respectively for both locations. This rootstock showed the lowest disease severity of fusarium wilt (15.3 and 12%), and high grafting efficiency (85 and 88%), respectively in both locations. Grafting also improved plant vigor and cucumber production under heat stress (40–43 °C). The rootstocks VSS-61 F<sub>1</sub>, Ferro and Super Shintoza significantly increased the total yield of cucumber plants compared to non-grafted cucumber and the rootstock Bottle gourd in both locations. Further studies are needed on grafted plants under multiple stresses in terms of plant biological levels, including physiological, biochemical and genetic attributes.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/9/1147cucurbit rootstocksanatomical structurebiotic and abiotic stressdisease incidencedisease severitycucurbitaceous |
| spellingShingle | Tarek A. Shalaby Naglaa A. Taha Mohamed T. Rakha Hossam S. El-Beltagi Wael F. Shehata Khaled M. A. Ramadan Hassan El-Ramady Yousry A. Bayoumi Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress? Plants cucurbit rootstocks anatomical structure biotic and abiotic stress disease incidence disease severity cucurbitaceous |
| title | Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress? |
| title_full | Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress? |
| title_fullStr | Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress? |
| title_short | Can Grafting Manage Fusarium Wilt Disease of Cucumber and Increase Productivity under Heat Stress? |
| title_sort | can grafting manage fusarium wilt disease of cucumber and increase productivity under heat stress |
| topic | cucurbit rootstocks anatomical structure biotic and abiotic stress disease incidence disease severity cucurbitaceous |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/9/1147 |
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