Effect of age of rootstocks on the success of softwood grafting of mango in containers and in situ.
Reddy C. V., Melanta K. R.
Author Affiliation: Division of Horticulture, GKVK, Bangalore 560 065, India.
South Indian Horticulture 36 : 143-145
Abstract : The polyembryonic cultivar Nekkare was selected as the rootstock and the seedlings were raised in polyethylene bags (36×24 cm) for container grafting. For in situ grafting the seeds were sown in the field at 60×30 cm. Grafting with scions of the cv. Alphonso was carried out on rootstocks 3-9 months old. The % success was recorded at 30, 45 and 60 days after grafting. In the container trial success ranged from 58% with 3-month-old rootstocks to 40% with 4-, 5- and 6-month-old rootstocks. In the in situ trial the highest success (90%) was obtained with 7-month-old rootstocks, and the lowest (25%) with 3-month-old.