Grafting brinjal onto resistant rootstock to manage bacterial wilt and nematodes in sick soils.
How to use grafted brinjal seedlings on wild rootstock to beat soil diseases?
BBasavaraj Patil6mo ago · 280 views
4 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓6mo ago
Grafting a good fruiting brinjal variety (scion) onto a disease resistant rootstock lets you grow a productive crop in soils sick with bacterial wilt or nematodes where ungrafted plants fail. The rootstock resists the soil disease while the top still gives your preferred fruit type and yield. Grafted seedlings are usually bought from specialised nurseries or made under controlled humidity, and the graft union must be kept above the soil line at transplanting so the scion does not root and lose protection. Grafted plants cost more per seedling, so they pay off mainly in fields with known soil disease problems. Confirm rootstock and grafted seedling sources with your KVK or horticulture department before planting.
MMallikarjun Hubli6mo ago
In Dharwad grafted brinjal survived in a wilt prone plot where my normal plants died young. The seedlings cost more but in that field it was the only way I could get a crop.
SShankar Patil6mo ago
In one wilt prone plot grafted brinjal survived while my normal plants died young. The seedlings cost more but in that field it was the only way I could grow a crop.
IIranna Gowda6mo ago
A caution: keep the graft union above the soil at transplanting. When the scion rooted into the soil it lost the rootstock protection and the plant wilted like an ungrafted one.