Author(s): Lalit Kumar Verma, Vijay Bahadur, Anita Kerketta, Samir E Topno, and Tarence Thomas

Abstract: Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of tomato grafting on wild rootstocks on brinjal and tomato variety as a scion in yield, quality, of tomato production. During the Kharif season of 2022 and 2023, the study was carried out at the Departmental Research Farm of the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences (SHUATS) in Prayagraj. The experimental design employed was a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 15 treatments and 3 replication. From above experimental findings on effect of grafting in tomato, it is concluded that treatment T₁ (S. torvum + Kashi Anupam) performed best for quality parameter like TSS in the year 2022 & 2023 and pooled for the T₁ (Solanum torvum + Kashi Anupam) had the highest TSS among the treatments at (3.26,3.23, 3.25°Brix) and minimum was found in the treatment T₁₅ Kashi Vishesh (non grafted) (2.46, 2.21, 2.330Brix) . Titrable acidity (%) in the year 2022 & 2023 and pooled for the T₁ (Solanum torvum + Kashi Anupam) had the highest titrable acidity (%) among the treatments at (0.19,0.23,0.21%) and minimum was found to (0.12,0.13,0.13%) Kashi Sharad (Non-Grafted).

DOI: 10.33545/26174693.2024.v8.i3h.832