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volume 35 issue 1 (march 2014) : 24-33,   Doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0741.35.1.003

ROLE OF GRAFTING IN CUCURBITACEOUS CROPS- A REVIEW

P
Pradeep Kumar Singh
K
K. Mallikarjuna Rao
1Division of Vegetable Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology Shalimar, Srinagar-191 121, India
Cite article:- Singh Kumar Pradeep, Rao Mallikarjuna K. (2025). ROLE OF GRAFTING IN CUCURBITACEOUS CROPS- A REVIEW. Agricultural Reviews. 35(1): 24-33. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0741.35.1.003.

ABSTRACT

Due to limited availability of arable land and high market demand for off-season vegetables, cucurbits (plants in the family Cucurbitaceae) are continuously cultivated under unfavorable conditions in some countries. These conditions include environments that are too cold, wet, or dry, or are cool low-light winter greenhouses. Successive cropping can increase salinity, the incidence of cucurbit pests, and soil borne diseases like fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium spp. These conditions cause various physiological and pathological disorders leading to severe crop loss. Chemical pest control is expensive, not always effective, and can harm the environment. Grafting can overcome many of these problems. Some seed companies now offer watermelon transplants grafted on to squash or bottle gourd rootstocks, and some transplant facilities offer grafting services.

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