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Trees --- Forest insects --- Host-parasite relationships. --- Genetic analysis. --- Genetic resistance. --- Disease resistance. --- Forest health. --- Pest resistance. --- Invasive species. --- Population genetics. --- Biotechnology. --- Chromosome mapping. --- Breeding. --- Genomics. --- Arbres --- Wounds and injuries --- Biological control --- Lésions et blessures --- host-parasite relationships. --- genetic analysis. --- genetic resistance. --- disease resistance. --- forest health. --- pest resistance. --- invasive species. --- population genetics. --- biotechnology. --- chromosome mapping. --- breeding. --- genomics.

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Plante --- plants --- Résistance aux facteurs nuisibles --- Resistance to injurious factors --- Résistance génétique --- Genetic resistance --- Plants --- Effect of stress on --- Genetic aspects --- Molecular aspects --- PHY Physiology & Biochemistry --- stress --- genomics --- plant biology --- Effect of stress on. --- Genetic aspects. --- Molecular aspects.

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Vegetable growers around the world only collect, on average, half of the yield they would obtain under optimal conditions, known as yield potential. It is estimated that 60–70% of the yield gap is attributable to abiotic factors such as salinity, drought, suboptimal temperatures, nutritional deficiencies, flooding, waterlogging, heavy metals contamination, adverse soil pH and organic pollutants, while the remaining 30–40% is due to biotic factors, especially soilborne pathogens, foliar pathogens, arthropods and weeds. Under climate change forecasts, the pressure of biotic/abiotic stressors on yield is expected to rise and challenge further global food security. To meet global demand, several solutions have been proposed, focusing on the breeding of varieties with greater yield potential, but this one-size-fits-all solution leads to limited benefits. In order to overcome the current situation, grafting of elite scion varieties onto vigorous rootstock varieties has been suggested as one of the most promising drives towards further yield stability. Specifically, the implementation of suitable rootstock × scion × environment combinations in Solanaceous (tomato, eggplant, pepper) and Cucurbitaceous (melon, watermelon, melon) high-value crops represents an untapped opportunity to secure yield stability and reliability under biotic/abiotic stresses. This Special Issue invites Original Research, Technology Reports, Methods, Opinions, Perspectives, Invited Reviews and Mini Reviews dissecting grafting as a sustainable agro technology for enhancing tolerance to abiotic stresses and reducing disease damage. In addition, the following are of interest: potential contributions dealing with genetic resources for rootstock breeding, practices and technologies of rootstock breeding, and rootstock–scion signaling, as well as the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying graft compatibility. In addition, the effect of grafting on vegetable quality, practical applications and nursery management of grafted seedlings and specialty crops (e.g. artichoke and bean) will be considered within the general scope of the Special Issue. We highly believe that this compilation of high standard scientific papers on the principles and practices of vegetable grafting will foster discussions within this important field.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- tomato grafting --- splice grafting technique --- graft angle --- random diameter --- wild eggplant relative --- interspecific hybrid --- scion/rootstock combination --- plant vigour --- yield --- fruit quality attributes --- cucumber --- grafting techniques --- rootstock-scion --- soil-borne disease --- resistant --- tolerant crop growth --- fruit yield --- fruit quality --- LED --- PPFD --- PsaA --- PsbA --- Western Blot --- Cucumis melo L. --- arsenic --- grafting --- translocation --- bioaccumulation --- agricultural robot --- automated grafting --- agricultural machinery --- Tomato grafting --- salinity tolerance --- rootstock --- physio-biochemical mechanisms --- Solanum lycopresicum L. --- vegetable grafting --- Solanum melongena L. --- grafting combinations --- arbuscular micorrhizal fungi --- yield traits --- NUE --- mineral profile --- functional properties --- NaCl --- Citrullus vulgaris Schrad --- Luffa cylindrica Mill --- C. maxima Duch. × C. moschata Duch. --- seedlings --- morpho-physiological traits --- solanaceae --- cucurbitaceae --- defense mechanisms --- soilborne pathogen --- genetic resistance --- microbial communities --- soil/root interface --- reduced irrigation --- rootstocks --- leaf gas exchange --- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb) Matsum and Nakai --- functional quality --- lycopene --- storage --- sugars --- texture --- eggplant grafting --- sensory evaluation --- Brassicaceae --- growth --- mineral content --- photosynthesis --- taproot --- n/a

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Vegetable growers around the world only collect, on average, half of the yield they would obtain under optimal conditions, known as yield potential. It is estimated that 60–70% of the yield gap is attributable to abiotic factors such as salinity, drought, suboptimal temperatures, nutritional deficiencies, flooding, waterlogging, heavy metals contamination, adverse soil pH and organic pollutants, while the remaining 30–40% is due to biotic factors, especially soilborne pathogens, foliar pathogens, arthropods and weeds. Under climate change forecasts, the pressure of biotic/abiotic stressors on yield is expected to rise and challenge further global food security. To meet global demand, several solutions have been proposed, focusing on the breeding of varieties with greater yield potential, but this one-size-fits-all solution leads to limited benefits. In order to overcome the current situation, grafting of elite scion varieties onto vigorous rootstock varieties has been suggested as one of the most promising drives towards further yield stability. Specifically, the implementation of suitable rootstock × scion × environment combinations in Solanaceous (tomato, eggplant, pepper) and Cucurbitaceous (melon, watermelon, melon) high-value crops represents an untapped opportunity to secure yield stability and reliability under biotic/abiotic stresses. This Special Issue invites Original Research, Technology Reports, Methods, Opinions, Perspectives, Invited Reviews and Mini Reviews dissecting grafting as a sustainable agro technology for enhancing tolerance to abiotic stresses and reducing disease damage. In addition, the following are of interest: potential contributions dealing with genetic resources for rootstock breeding, practices and technologies of rootstock breeding, and rootstock–scion signaling, as well as the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying graft compatibility. In addition, the effect of grafting on vegetable quality, practical applications and nursery management of grafted seedlings and specialty crops (e.g. artichoke and bean) will be considered within the general scope of the Special Issue. We highly believe that this compilation of high standard scientific papers on the principles and practices of vegetable grafting will foster discussions within this important field.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- tomato grafting --- splice grafting technique --- graft angle --- random diameter --- wild eggplant relative --- interspecific hybrid --- scion/rootstock combination --- plant vigour --- yield --- fruit quality attributes --- cucumber --- grafting techniques --- rootstock-scion --- soil-borne disease --- resistant --- tolerant crop growth --- fruit yield --- fruit quality --- LED --- PPFD --- PsaA --- PsbA --- Western Blot --- Cucumis melo L. --- arsenic --- grafting --- translocation --- bioaccumulation --- agricultural robot --- automated grafting --- agricultural machinery --- Tomato grafting --- salinity tolerance --- rootstock --- physio-biochemical mechanisms --- Solanum lycopresicum L. --- vegetable grafting --- Solanum melongena L. --- grafting combinations --- arbuscular micorrhizal fungi --- yield traits --- NUE --- mineral profile --- functional properties --- NaCl --- Citrullus vulgaris Schrad --- Luffa cylindrica Mill --- C. maxima Duch. × C. moschata Duch. --- seedlings --- morpho-physiological traits --- solanaceae --- cucurbitaceae --- defense mechanisms --- soilborne pathogen --- genetic resistance --- microbial communities --- soil/root interface --- reduced irrigation --- rootstocks --- leaf gas exchange --- Citrullus lanatus (Thunb) Matsum and Nakai --- functional quality --- lycopene --- storage --- sugars --- texture --- eggplant grafting --- sensory evaluation --- Brassicaceae --- growth --- mineral content --- photosynthesis --- taproot

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Several of the 17 papers in this volume represent diverse strategies for improving sustainability in crop production systems. The maintenance of soil quality and the reclamation of marginal soils, improving tolerance to saline irrigation water, biodegradable alternatives to black plastic mulch, use of natural plant extracts against bacterial disease, and development of cultivars resistant to herbivorous arthropods address urgent priorities in sustainable systems. Two papers examine the driving forces and effects of adopting innovative agricultural technologies in food value chains in underdeveloped regions of the world, and identification of new Asian vegetable crop species for European environments and markets. Three papers reported on managing fruit set and ripening in important fruit crop species like orange, apple, and plum. Postharvest techniques to reduce disease and maintain fruit nutraceutical content were reported in separate papers. Classification techniques, conservation and utilization of unique plant species, and in vitro propagation techniques of species with potential horticultural value were described in four papers.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Technology, engineering, agriculture --- grapes --- fruit quality --- SO2 --- Botrytis cinerea --- rots --- fruit drop --- sustainable systems --- fungicides --- Alternaria alternata --- value chain analysis --- innovations --- adaptive lasso --- propensity score matching --- Tanzania --- genetic resistance --- natural allelochemicals --- organic production --- plant defense --- Induced resistance --- polyphenol oxidase --- peroxidase --- plant extract --- bacterial spot --- agronomy --- sustainability --- organic fertilizer --- crop productivity --- soil acidification --- soil organic matter --- pyrolysis --- microbial activity --- health --- aging population --- consumption of fruit and vegetables --- diversification --- market trend --- Korean ginseng sprout --- Ssamchoo --- Peucedanum japonicum --- Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem --- sustainable agriculture --- marketable production --- antioxidant molecules --- mineral content --- strawberry --- weed biomass --- in vitro multiplication --- alpine strawberry --- TDZ --- BA --- IBA --- non-runnering --- shoot explant --- European plum (Prunus domestica L.) --- alternate bearing --- crop load management (CLM) --- mechanical thinning --- reducing chemical input --- circle --- ellipse --- lens --- morphology --- oval --- seed shape --- superellipse --- Cycas --- determinate growth --- dichotomous branch --- isotomous branch --- sexual dimorphism --- Zamia --- Bowenia --- Ceratozamia --- Cycadaceae --- Dioon --- Encephalartos --- leaf element composition --- leaf tissue analysis --- Lepidozamia --- Macrozamia --- Stangeria --- Zamiaceae --- Solanum lycopersicum --- Capsicum annuum --- seedlings --- vegetable nursery --- transplant production --- salinity --- abiotic stress --- plant growth regulators --- GA3 --- anthocyanin --- ascorbic acid --- drying method --- phenol --- phytochemical --- raspberry --- apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) --- colouration --- Envy, Extenday® --- Fuji --- Jazz --- light reflection --- PAL-Phenylalanine-amminia-lyase --- reflective mulch --- shading --- Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb. --- rootstocks --- maturation index --- citrus color index