Nutritional status, yield components, quality, and antioxidant performance of some mango cultivars in response to effect of Sukkary and Zebda rootstocks
- 1Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 2Tropical Fruit Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
- 3Biotechnology of Natural Product, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
Abstract
Rootstock selection critically influences mango scion performance. To achieve optimal productivity, this study evaluated growth, yield, fruit quality, and leaf nutrients of ‘Tommy Atkins’, ‘Osteen’, and ‘R2E2’ grafted onto ‘Sukkary’ and ‘Zebda’ rootstocks over two seasons (2024–2025). The experiment followed a two-factor design (two rootstocks × three scions) arranged in a randomized complete block design. Sukkary rootstock increased trunk diameter (up to 22.6 cm), leaf area (73.1 cm ² ), and yield (55.1 kg/tree) when combined with Tommy Atkins. However, Zebda rootstock resulted in higher leaf N (2.23%) and magnesium (Mg) (0.29%) across scions. Conversely, R2E2 grafted onto Zebda rootstock promoted greater tree height, whereas canopy volume was greater for R2E2 on Sukkary in 2024 and on Zebda in 2025. Leaf nutrient analysis revealed significantly higher phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in scions grafted onto Zebda rootstock, while nitrogen (N) and magnesium (Mg) contents varied by scion–rootstock combination. In addition, R2E2 trees on Sukkary rootstock produced fruits with greater fruit weight, pulp weight, and larger fruit dimensions. Among the evaluated cultivars , Osteen demonstrated superior fruit quality compared to Tommy Atkins and R2E2, exhibiting higher levels of total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), total sugars, reducing sugars, vitamin C, and total carotenoid content. Overall, the results highlight the important role of rootstock in regulating scion vigor and fruit yield, with comparatively small effects on fruit quality characteristics. Based on these findings, grafting Tommy Atkins onto Sukkary is recommended for high-density planting, while grafting Osteen onto either rootstock optimizes fruit quality.
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BibTeX
@article{abdelsattar2026nutritional,
title = {{Nutritional status, yield components, quality, and antioxidant performance of some mango cultivars in response to effect of Sukkary and Zebda rootstocks}},
author = {Mahmoud Abdel-Sattar and Laila Y. Mostafa and Abdullah Alebidi and Abdel-Moety Salama and Alhussein S. A. Hamad and Omar Abd Alhares Khalil and Walaa S. Yousry and Rashid S. Al-Obeed},
journal = {PeerJ},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.7717/peerj.21896},
url = {https://peerj.com/articles/21896},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Nutritional status, yield components, quality, and antioxidant performance of some mango cultivars in response to effect of Sukkary and Zebda rootstocks
AU - Mahmoud Abdel-Sattar
AU - Laila Y. Mostafa
AU - Abdullah Alebidi
AU - Abdel-Moety Salama
AU - Alhussein S. A. Hamad
AU - Omar Abd Alhares Khalil
AU - Walaa S. Yousry
AU - Rashid S. Al-Obeed
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/29
JO - PeerJ
DO - 10.7717/peerj.21896
UR - https://peerj.com/articles/21896
AB - Rootstock selection critically influences mango scion performance. To achieve optimal productivity, this study evaluated growth, yield, fruit quality, and leaf nutrients of ‘Tommy Atkins’, ‘Osteen’, and ‘R2E2’ grafted onto ‘Sukkary’ and ‘Zebda’ rootstocks over two seasons (2024–2025). The experiment followed a two-factor design (two rootstocks × three scions) arranged in a randomized complete block design. Sukkary rootstock increased trunk diameter (up to 22.6 cm), leaf area (73.1 cm ² ), and yield (55.1 kg/tree) when combined with Tommy Atkins. However, Zebda rootstock resulted in higher leaf N (2.23%) and magnesium (Mg) (0.29%) across scions. Conversely, R2E2 grafted onto Zebda rootstock promoted greater tree height, whereas canopy volume was greater for R2E2 on Sukkary in 2024 and on Zebda in 2025. Leaf nutrient analysis revealed significantly higher phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in scions grafted onto Zebda rootstock, while nitrogen (N) and magnesium (Mg) contents varied by scion–rootstock combination. In addition, R2E2 trees on Sukkary rootstock produced fruits with greater fruit weight, pulp weight, and larger fruit dimensions. Among the evaluated cultivars , Osteen demonstrated superior fruit quality compared to Tommy Atkins and R2E2, exhibiting higher levels of total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), total sugars, reducing sugars, vitamin C, and total carotenoid content. Overall, the results highlight the important role of rootstock in regulating scion vigor and fruit yield, with comparatively small effects on fruit quality characteristics. Based on these findings, grafting Tommy Atkins onto Sukkary is recommended for high-density planting, while grafting Osteen onto either rootstock optimizes fruit quality.
SN - 2167-8359
ER -