Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Rishabh Kumar, Nikhil Thakur, BS Dogra, Jasdeep Kaur and Aakriti

Abstract:
Vegetables are susceptible to various environmental stresses both biotic as well as abiotic factors due to the changing environment. The position of vegetables for human health cannot be understated, and they are the most significant source of nourishment in our diet. The majority of vegetable crops are frequently subjected to a variety of environmental conditions, such as salt, drought, alkalinity, and heavy metals, which severely hamper growth and development and result in significant production losses. The yield potential of horticulture crops cannot be increased solely through breeding because this would increase the sustainability of high input production methods and inevitably widen the yield gap under unfavourable conditions. To lessen production losses brought on by unfavourable climatic changes grafting could act as one way. Grafting is the fastest, most effective, and environmentally friendly plant surgery procedure. The tolerance of grafted plants to unfavourable climatic circumstances can therefore be influenced by both the scion and the rootstock because it is an integrable reciprocal process. With the help of this review, we are able to defend the effectiveness of grafting plant propagation techniques as a way to lessen the effects of abiotic pressures on the development and production of horticultural crops.