Summary
The scarcity of high-quality water in arid regions like Saudi Arabia necessitates saline water use in irrigation. Sustainable techniques, such as grafting and soilless cultivation, enhance crop resilience and optimize resource use, ensuring long-term agricultural and water sustainability to meet rising food demand. So, this study evaluated grafting’s effectiveness in enhancing the salt tolerance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under soilless culture. The experiment tested two salinity levels, two growing media (volcanic rock and sand), and six grafting treatments: the scion ‘Tone Guitar F1’ was cultivated through non-grafting (G1), self-grafted onto itself (G2), and grafted onto the commercial rootstock ‘Maxifort F1’ (G3), which was grafted onto three newly developed rootstocks, namely
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