Grafting of vegetable seedlings is a unique horticultural technology practiced for many years in East Asia to overcome issues associated with intensive cultivation using limited arable land. Grafting onto specific rootstocks generally provides resistance to soil-borne diseases and nematodes and increases yield. Grafting is an effective technology for use in combination with more sustainable crop production practices, including reduced rates and overall use of soil fumigants in many other countries. Strategies to resolve these issues have been discussed, including the use of a highly controlled environment to promote the standardized seedlings suitable for automation and better storage techniques.

A major goal of research in vegetable grafting should be gaining a sound understanding about the physiological and genetic basis of those interactions and the agronomic performance of rootstock-mediated traits in order to establish a solid scientific basis for developing efficient rootstocks, grafting technologies and management practices for different horticultural species and specific environments. Scientific and technical collaboration will further contribute to a wider development and exploitation of vegetable grafting towards socio-economic-environmental sustainable agriculture and food security.

We welcome articles that focus on (but are not limited to) the following topics:

1. Use and Development of Vegetable Grafting

2. Rootstock-mediated Effects on Yield and Fruit Quality

3. Transplant Production and Technology

4. Vegetable Grafting in Different Production/Management Systems

5. Soil-borne Disease Management

6. Rootstock and Scion Interaction

7. Addressing Abiotic and Biotic Factors in Grafted Vegetable Production

In this Research Topic, Original Research, Perspectives, Systematic Reviews, Reviews, Mini-Reviews, Methods, Opinions, Hypotheses and Theory, Brief Research Report, papers that are related to the innovations and achievements on vegetable grafting would be welcomed.

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