Rooted resilience: harnessing rootstock diversity in cucurbit prosperity

Cucurbits, vital for global economy, confront myriad stresses impacting yield and quality.Rootstocks offer vital stress tolerance, enhancing crop performance.The present review explores rootstock diversity in cucurbit cultivation, different grafting methods and various rootstock-scion combinations, assessing their roles in stress mitigation and quality improvement across cucurbits.Assessing diverse stressors like drought and diseases reveals rootstocks with genetic variability, providing viable solutions.Crucial for sustainable production, these rootstocks improve crop vigour, yield stability and fruit quality.Future research should delve into rootstock-mediated stress tolerance mechanisms to optimize agricultural benefits.