This study provided a baseline reference for growers interested in grafting seedless cucumber and for high tunnel production. ![]() Data included production costs, marketable yield, and price of cucumber through different market channels. Data were used to develop a partial budget analysis and sensitivity tests. A comparison of partial costs and returns between growing grafted and nongrafted cucumbers in a high tunnel in Vincennes, IN, was conducted. The objective of this study was to analyze the economic feasibility of growing grafted cucumber in high tunnels. Recent studies found that using grafted cucumber plants with cold-tolerant rootstocks greatly benefited early-season seedless cucumber production in high tunnels. Grafting is a cultural practice known to help control soilborne diseases and improve plants’ tolerance to abiotic stresses. ![]() Low soil temperature is a challenge for cucumber production even inside high tunnels. ![]() High tunnel is a popular tool for season extension of vegetable production. In the midwestern United States, a major obstacle to spring cucumber production is low soil temperatures during plant establishment. Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus) is one of the most important vegetables produced and consumed in the United States.
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