RESPONSE OF TOMATO GRAFTED ON BRINJAL ROOTSTOCK FOR GROWTH AND YIELD COMPONENTS.

The present investigation was undertaken during Rabi-2019-20 with an objective to study the compatibility of different tomato varieties grafted on brinjal rootstock and to study the growth, yield parameters of different tomato varieties grafted on brinjal rootstock.The experimental material consisted of two rootstocks and three scions in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) having nine treatment and three replications.Brinjal rootstocks that were used are Solanum torvum and RHRB-06; scions that were Phule Raja, Phule Kesari and NS 501 of tomato hybrids and varieties.Maximum success rate was observed in Phule Raja grafted on Solanum torvum (89.96 %).Among all the treatments Phule Raja grafted on Solanum torvum recorded significantly highest plant height (123.80 cm), maximum number of branches (5.37), maximum number of fruits per plant (34.06), fruit weight (79.30g), equatorial diameter (5.16 cm), fruit yield/plant (2.70 kg), fruit yield/plot (86.47 kg) and yield/ hectare (66.72 t/ha).It can be concluded that tomato scion 'Phule Raja' was found highly compatible with brinjal rootstock 'Solanum torvum'.