Academic Year:
2013 Students:
Eid Hamdan
Mohannad aloul
Mazen Qashou
Yazen nader
Department:
Mechanical Engineering Files:
Vegetable grafting has been improved over the last decade, thanks to the
Introduction of new techniques and materials. Grafted seedlings are being progressively adopted by the vegetable industry as propagates of choice for crop establishment.
However, despite this recent advance, the percentage of grafted plants in the
overall vegetable production is still relatively low. The high cost of grafting, problems
with soil-born pests and diseases control, and adaptation of the grafted seedlings to
a biotic stresses are the major constraints.
All these limiting factors are overviewed and potential ways of remediation