THE GRAFTING INFLUENCE ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS AT A ROMANIAN EGGPLANTS COLLECTION CULTIVATED IN GREENHOUSE

The experiment was conducted on a Romanian grafted eggplant collection consisting of two varieties, 'Luiza' and 'Rodica' and one hybrid, 'Andra F1'. Three rootstocks were used to obtain the grafted seedlings: 'Hikyaku', 'Espina', 'Arazy (500294)'. Visual observations and biometric measurements of the fruits were made during the 2013 growing season. The research was carried out at Horting Institute - Bucharest in the Laboratory of Protected Cultures and it was aimed to evaluate some characteristics of several Romanian grafted eggplants. The results show the characteristics of the eggplants that were influenced by the grafting.