Exploitation of grafting technique on Tomato and Brinjal under controlled condition

The experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture and Research Station, IGKV, Raipur Farshakani Farm, Kunkuri, Jashpur, during Kharif 2020 under controlled cultivation. The objective of the study was to assess the influence of tomato grafting on rootstock of Brinjal cv. Pant Rituraj. So that farmers can earn supplementary from tomato harvested during rains, in this experiment tomato varieties Kashi hemant (V1), Kashi adarsh (V2), Arka saurabh (V3) cultivars were used as scion material and brinjal variety, Pant Rituraj (B) was used as rootstock. Non-grafted tomato plants (Kashi hemant, Kashi adarsh were also used as a control. Grafting technique used is splice or side grafting was followed wherein 45° slant-cut made on the sides both in the rootstock and scion. Maximum Grafting success rate (90.00%) in treatment V2+B and V3+B. Minimum grafting success (85.00%) was recorded in V1+B treatment. Graft combination of tomato scion variety, Kashi adarsh (V2+B) onto brinjal rootstock (Pant Rituraj) proved the best combination regarding physical (Average fruit weight 52.13 g, diameter 5.13 cm) of tomato fruit.