Effect of scion stick packing material and storage period on graft success, its survival and growth in mango (Mangifera indica L.).
Phuse A. P., Diware D. V., Chaudhari M. H.
Author Affiliation: Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India.
Journal of Soils and Crops 5 : 57-60
Abstract : Four-month-old shoots of mango cv. Pairy were removed 5 days after defoliation and subjected to various packaging treatments prior to use as grafting material. Treatments (1) to (3) were dipped in 0.2% blitane and packed in 250-gauge perforated white polyethylene: (1) used polyethylene packing only; (2) used 2-cm-thick wet sphagnum moss as well; and (3) included sealing the cut scion ends with molten wax. Treatment (4) was a combination of (1), (2) and (3), and (5) was as in (1), but both without the prior blitane dip. Treatment (3) gave the best graft success (78.25%) and survival (67.5%) and produced better subsequent growth. Graft success and survival were acceptable after 1 (96% and 84%, respectively) and 2 days' storage (94% and 72%, respectively), and then declined rapidly to 26% and 22%, respectively, after 8 days' storage.