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HIMACHAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Vol. 41 (1), June 2015 DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH KRISHI VISHVAVIDYALAYA PALAMPUR-176 062, INDIA Regd. No. 8270-74 dated 13.12.1973 HIMACHAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Vol. 41 No. 1 June 2015 Page No. Contents Vegetable grafting: a boon to vegetable growers to combat biotic and abiotic stresses 1-5 Pardeep Kumar, Shivani Rana, Parveen Sharma and Viplove Negi Impact of rainfall on area and production of rabi oilseed crops in Himachal Pradesh 6-12 Rajendra Prasad and Vedna Kumari Impact of National Agricultural Innovation Project on socio-economic analysis of pashmina goat 13-19 keepers in Himachal Pradesh M.S. Pathania Production potential of rice-based cropping sequences on farmers’ fields in low hills of Kangra 20-24 district of Himachal Pradesh S.K. Sharma, S.S. Rana, S. K. Subehia and S.C. Negi Economics of post-emergence weed control in garden pea ( Pisum sativum L.) under mid hill 25-29 condition of Himachal Pradesh Anil Kumar Mawalia, Suresh Kumar and S.S. Rana Studies on the preparation and evaluation of value added products from giloy ( Tinospora cordi- 30-35 folia ) Sangeeta Sood and Shilpa Factors affecting socio-economic status of farm workers of tea industry in Himachal Pradesh 36-41 Parmod Verma and Sonika Gupta Assessment of yield and nutrient losses due to weeds in maize based cropping systems 42-48 Suresha, Ashish Kumar, S.S. Rana, S.C. Negi and Suresh Kumar Analysis of yield gaps in black gram ( Vigna mungo ) in district Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh 49-54 Subhash Kumar, A.K. Choubey and Ravinder Singh Response and quantification of certain milk attributes following artificial induction of lactation 55-60 in Jersey crossbred cows of Himachal Pradesh Ajit Bangthai, Pankaj Sood, Madumeet Singh, Ravinder Kumar, P K Dogra, Trilok Nanda, Rav- indra Sharma, T.M. Vishwaradhya, Pankaj Kumar and Pravesh Kumar Socioeconomic factors affecting vegetable production in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh 61-65 Jayant Ratna and DR Thakur An exploratory study on farm diversification in Himachal Pradesh 66-72 S.S. Rana, S.K. Sharma, S.C. Negi, Rajju Priya Soni and Mitu Katoch Short Notes Response of maize - wheat cropping system to NPK in low hills of Himachal Pradesh 73-76 SK Sharma, SS Rana and SK Subehia Effect of genotypes under different dates of sowing on yield of linseed ( Linum usitatissimum L. 77-79 Griesb.) in Himachal Pradesh D. Badiyala and Pankaj Chopra Effect of leaf crinkle disease on yield and quality of urdbean ( Vigna mungo L. Hepper) in Hi- 80-82 machal Pradesh P.N. Sharma, Anuradha Sharma and M. Singh Factors affecting fertility, hatchability and chick survivability in poultry germplasm under sub 83-85 temperate conditions Varun Sankhyan, Y P Thakur, S Katoch and P K Dogra Efficacy of Nativo 75 WG against blister blight in tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] 86-88 BR Thakur and Sachin Masand Effect of top working to improve pollination in apple ( Malus x domestica Borkh.) orchards un- 89-92 der mid hill conditions of Kullu district L.K. Sharma and R.K. Rana A brief account of women empowerment through self-help groups – A case study 93-96 Anju Kapoor and Promila Kanwar Studies on causes and consequences of skewed child sex ratio 97-99 Shvaita Rana Evaluation of different rootstocks for bacterial wilt tolerance in bell pepper [ Capsicum annuum 100-103 (L.) var. grossum (Sendt.)] under protected conditions Shivani Rana, Pardeep Kumar, Parveen Sharma, Amar Singh and S.K. Upadhyay Guidelines to the contributors Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research 41(1): 1-5 (2015) Vegetable grafting: a boon to vegetable growers to combat biotic and abiotic stresses Pardeep Kumar, Shivani Rana, Parveen Sharma and Viplove Negi Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur- 176062, India. [email protected] Abstract Grafting is an alternative approach used in vegetable production to fight against soil-borne diseases such as Fusarium wilt, bac- terial wilt and nematodes since 1920s in Japan and Korea. Grafting as a technology for the commercial production was later on adopted by many countries in Europe, Middle East, Northern Africa, Central America and other parts of Asia. For the produc- tion of many fruit-bearing vegetables which include watermelon, cucumber, melon, tomato, eggplant and pepper, grafted seed- lings were used. These seedlings besides providing resistance against biotic/abiotic stresses, increase the yield of the cultivars. This technique is considered eco-friendly for sustainable vegetable production because the resistant rootstock reduces depend- ence on agrochemicals. Grafting improves quality of the plant and is used to induce resistance against low and high tempera- tures. Growth, yield and fruit quality of the scion is greatly influenced by the type of rootstock used. Due to high post graft mortality of seedlings, this technology is still in infancy in India. For its commercial application in India, sharpening of grafting skills and healing environment need to be standardized. Key words: Grafting, advantages, methods, basic pre-requisites, precautions Grafting is a method of propagation where two pieces (20%), major share in watermelon production is from of living plant tissues are joined together to develop as a grafted seedlings. In Europe, Spain is leading in grafted single plant. The first attempt in vegetable grafting was seedlings production with 129 million grafted seedlings fol- done by grafting watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) onto lowed by Italy (47 million grafted seedlings) and France (28 pumpkin ( Cucurbita moschata ) rootstock in Japan and million grafted seedlings) (FAO 2009). Grafting as a tech- Korea in the late 1920s (Lee 1994). A serious crop loss nology for the commercial production of vegetables was later caused by soil-borne diseases aggravated by successive on adopted by many countries in Europe, Middle East, cropping was avoided by production of vegetables with Northern Africa, Central America and other parts of Asia grafted seedlings. In many fruit-bearing vegetables such as (Kubota et al . 2008). watermelon, cucumber, melon, tomato, eggplant and pep- In India, grafting work has been started in IIHR Banga- per, the use of grafted seedling has become increasingly lore by Dr RM Bhatt and his associates. Their work was on popular. Grafting is an environment-friendly approach identification of rootstocks for waterlogged conditions. For which is used to control soil borne diseases and increasing this purpose they have imported semiautomated grafting the yield of susceptible cultivars (Lee and Oda 2003). This machine. IIHR Bangalore organized first ever short course technique is eco-friendly for sustainable vegetable produc- on vegetable grafting during the year 2013. NBPGR regional tion and by using resistant rootstock, it reduces dependence station, Thrissur, Kerala have done work on Cucurbit graft- on agrochemicals (Rivard et al. 2008). To induce resistance ing by taking Momordica cochinchinensis , a dioecious plant. against low and high temperatures, grafts were generally The female plants were grafted on to the male plants to in- used (Venema 2008). Grafting increases the yield and pro- crease its production. Graft success was 98%. CSKHPKV, motes biotic/abiotic stress tolerance. Grafting is also used Palampur initiated work on grafting and identified more than to induce tolerance to abiotic stresses viz . flooding, drought 22 rootstocks of brinjal, chilli, tomato and cucurbits for im- and salinity. In Japan (92%), Korea (98%) and China porting resistance to bacterial wilt and nematodes. Some 1 private players are also involved in grafting. One of (Rouphael et al. 2008). Drought tolerance that was pro- them is ‘VNR Seed Private Limited’ in Chhattisgarh vided by either the rootstock or the scion resulted in in- which is supplying grafted brinjal seedlings resistant to creased nitrogen fixation in soybean ( Glycine max L.) bacterial wilt to farmers. The other seed company is (Serraj and Sinclair 1996). Transgenic tobacco plants were ‘TAKII SEED INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED’ . successfully generated by maintaining photosynthetic ac- Advantages of grafting tivity and high water contents during drought (Rivero et al. Tolerance to soil-borne diseases: Grafting is used to get 2007). Grafting improved flooding tolerance of bitter gourd rid of soil-borne diseases such as Fusarium wilt in Cucur- (Momordia charanthia L. cv. New Known), when it was bitaceous crops (cucumber, melon etc.) and Bacterial wilt grafted onto luffa ( Luffa cylindrica Roem cv. Cylinder) in Solanaceous crops (tomato, pepper etc.) (Oda et al . (Liao and Lin 1996). In the lowland tropics flooding occurs 1999). Grafting is a quick method in melon for controlling during the heat period. The AVRDC recommends growing race 1 and 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. melonis (Nisini et tomatoes on eggplants ‘EG195’ or ‘EG203’ and pepper on al. 2002). Grafting is an effective tool for disease resistance chilli accessions ‘PP0237-7502’,’PP0242-62’ and ‘Lee by using rootstocks resistant to both Phytophthora blight B’ (AVRDC 2003 & 2009). and bacterial wilt. Pepper scion (‘Nokkwang’) grafting Effect on fruit quality: Grafting is an effective approach to onto breeding lines (‘PR 920’, and ‘PR 921’, and ‘PR 922’) improve fruit quality under both optimum growth condi- resistant to both Phytophthora blight and bacterial wilt tions and salinity. The fruit quality of the shoot, at least showed greater rate of survival when they were inoculated partially, depends on the root system (Flores et al . 2010). with Phytophthora capsici and Ralstonia solanacearum In soilless tomato cultivation, grafted plants had higher (Jang et al . 2012). When the susceptible commercial pep- marketable yield, fruit quality and pH content of fruits per variety (cv. Gedon) grafted onto rootstocks resistant to depending on rootstocks (Gebologlu et al . 2011). Grafting Rhizoctonia root rot and Fusarium wilt grown in the in- of eggplant onto S. torvum increased the fruit size and had fested soil was less attacked with wilt disease, while un- no effect on quality and yield.