Effect of three grafting dates on survival and early growth performance of seedling in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), pepper (Capsicum annuum), and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crops.

Fayrouz Buojaylah

doi:10.54172/19crpt41

Authors

Fayrouz Buojaylah Omar A-lmukhtar University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54172/19crpt41

Keywords:

Self-grafting; healing chamber; dry weight; fresh weight; splice grafting

Abstract

A study was carried out in 2025 at the Horticulture Department of Omar Al Mukhtar University, Al Jabal Al-Khader, Libya to evaluate the impact of three different grafting dates on the survival and early growth performance of grafted seedlings of eggplant cv. Deep Purple F1 hybrid, sweet pepper cv. Bayonet, and tomato cv. Angelle. The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block split-plot design with 4 replication, encompassing nine treatment combinations representing all possible grafting date and crop interactions. The present study clearly demonstrates that grafting success and early seedling performance of eggplant, pepper, and tomato are strongly governed by both crop species and grafting date, with the intermediate grafting stage consistently providing the most favorable outcomes. in addition, tomato and eggplant exhibited better performance than pepper across all evaluated traits.

Author Biography

Fayrouz Buojaylah, Omar A-lmukhtar University

Horticulture Department, Agriculture Faculty, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, El-Beida, Libya

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