Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific
The phytosanitary problems and the complex floral biology influence the fruit quality and productivity of papaya. Use of grafting mitigates adverse aspects, becoming a complementary activity of crop. The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic behaviour of grafted papaya plants. Two ex...
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| description | The phytosanitary problems and the complex floral biology influence the fruit quality and productivity of papaya. Use of grafting mitigates adverse aspects, becoming a complementary activity of crop. The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic behaviour of grafted papaya plants. Two experiments were carried out. In the first experiment, the treatments were derived from six rootstock/scion combinations and four controls, based on commercial genotypes. In the second experiment, four rootstocks and two genotypes formed eight rootstock/scion treatments, and two controls were used. The morphological variables as well as the qualitative and productive variables of fruits were recorded. Results showed that plant height was maintained or reduced in some treatments, whereas stem girth and leaf numbers in grafted treatments were increased. The fruit quality was not influenced by grafting. In the productivity, the grafted plants showed higher fruit production. For an example, the Rootstock 'MSXJ' × Scion 'Maradona' and the Rootstock 'BS2' × Scion 'Maradol'>40 kg · plant−1 and almost 9 kg · m–2, respectively; and the Rootstock 'Robusta' × Scion 'Maradol' treatment was higher than the other treatments, reaching 38.39 kg · plant–1 and 8.53 kg · m–2, in Experiments 1 and 2, respectively. Grafting on papaya positively changed the morphological variables, increased the number of fruits per plant in grafted plant treatments, as well as yield per area, surpassing controls by 25% and 22% in both experiments, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10e1839d6dfe49b99a8b294925bd78c62025-01-20T11:09:42ZengSciendoFolia Horticulturae2083-59652024-11-0136341542410.2478/fhort-2024-0026Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacificÁlvarez-Hernández Juan Carlos0Castellanos-Ramos Javier Zaragoza1Aguirre-Mancilla Cesar Leobardo21Tropical Fruit Research Program, Agricultural Area, Valley of Apatzingan Experimental Station, Pacific-Central Regional Research Center, National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural, and Livestock Research, Highway Apatzingan-Cuatro Caminos, km 17.5, C.P.60781, Antunez, Paracuaro, Michoacan, Mexico2Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Technological Institute of Roque, National Technological of Mexico, Highway Celaya-Juventino Rosas, km 8, C.P.38110, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico2Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Technological Institute of Roque, National Technological of Mexico, Highway Celaya-Juventino Rosas, km 8, C.P.38110, Celaya, Guanajuato, MexicoThe phytosanitary problems and the complex floral biology influence the fruit quality and productivity of papaya. Use of grafting mitigates adverse aspects, becoming a complementary activity of crop. The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic behaviour of grafted papaya plants. Two experiments were carried out. In the first experiment, the treatments were derived from six rootstock/scion combinations and four controls, based on commercial genotypes. In the second experiment, four rootstocks and two genotypes formed eight rootstock/scion treatments, and two controls were used. The morphological variables as well as the qualitative and productive variables of fruits were recorded. Results showed that plant height was maintained or reduced in some treatments, whereas stem girth and leaf numbers in grafted treatments were increased. The fruit quality was not influenced by grafting. In the productivity, the grafted plants showed higher fruit production. For an example, the Rootstock 'MSXJ' × Scion 'Maradona' and the Rootstock 'BS2' × Scion 'Maradol'>40 kg · plant−1 and almost 9 kg · m–2, respectively; and the Rootstock 'Robusta' × Scion 'Maradol' treatment was higher than the other treatments, reaching 38.39 kg · plant–1 and 8.53 kg · m–2, in Experiments 1 and 2, respectively. Grafting on papaya positively changed the morphological variables, increased the number of fruits per plant in grafted plant treatments, as well as yield per area, surpassing controls by 25% and 22% in both experiments, respectively.https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2024-0026carica papayagrafted plantmodified approach graftingproductive potential |
| spellingShingle | Álvarez-Hernández Juan Carlos Castellanos-Ramos Javier Zaragoza Aguirre-Mancilla Cesar Leobardo Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific Folia Horticulturae carica papaya grafted plant modified approach grafting productive potential |
| title | Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific |
| title_full | Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific |
| title_fullStr | Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific |
| title_short | Productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the Mexican pacific |
| title_sort | productivity of grafted papaya growing under open environment in the mexican pacific |
| topic | carica papaya grafted plant modified approach grafting productive potential |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2024-0026 |
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