Fundamental Studies on the Development of a Joining and Acclimatizing System for Grafted Seedlings of Fruit Vegetables

Characteristics of Carbon Dioxide Fixation Potential on Tomato Grafted Seedlings during the Joining of Scion and Stock

Abstract

The aim of this study was to gather fundamental data for the design of a joining and acclimatizing system for grafted seedlings of fruit vegetables. In this paper we describe the photosynthetic capacity of grafted seedlings, and we show a fabricated apparatus for measuring carbon dioxide absorption rate and the results of carbon dioxide fixation rate during the joining of scion and stock using this apparatus and tomato (Lycopersicun esculentum Mill.) grafted seedlings. We found the characteristics of changes in the carbon dioxide fixation potential of tomato grafted seedlings with an increase in the joining between the scion and stock.