Effect of age of root stock, grafting time and varieties on the success of soft wood grafting in mango.
Jagannath Mandal, Mandal B. K., Singh R. R., Jaiswal U. S.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.
Asian Journal of Horticulture 6 : 412-417
Abstract : In order to standardize the effect of grafting time and age of root stock of mango varieties for soft wood grafting to improvise its success rate, the experiment was carried out at the Horticultural garden of Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, Bihar during 2008-2009. Among the different cultivar tested, Zardalu and one month old root stock grafted in the middle of July 08 took only 13.54 and 12.36 days, respectively for sprout initiation. However, the maximum success per cent of 59.79 and 79.83 were registered in Dudhia Maldah after 30 days of grafting time and two month old root stock grafting in the middle of Aug '08'. Similarly, maximum survival per cent of 56.04 in Doodhia Maldah after 60 days and 73.50 in two month old root stock, grafted in middle of Aug '08' were recorded. Apart from this maximum linear and radial growth after 90 days were noticed in Mallika and Mahmood Bahar, respectively. Two month old root stock when grafted in middle of Aug '08' and one month old root stock performed in middle July '08' attained maximum linear and radial growth. While variety Chousa and two month old root stock grafted in middle Aug '08' obtained maximum number of leaves 10.06 and 10.93, respectively.