Disease Resistance: Guarding Tomatoes with Grafting Benefits

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Tomato grafting became popular in the 1960s as a way to reduce certain diseases caused by soil borne plant pathogens such as Raletonia solanacearum.

Advantages of using grafted vegetables include better resistance to pathogens, drought and other environmental stresses, more vigorous growth, and higher yield.

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