Vigour of in-situ softwood mango grafts in relation to defoliation period and storage of scion shoots.
Dod V. N., Bharad S. G., Pagar P. C.
Author Affiliation: Commercial Fruit Nursery, Dr. PDKV, Akola, India.
Journal of Soils and Crops 6 : 202-203
Abstract : In an experiment at Akola, Maharashtra, scion material was defoliated and cut from the stock plants immediately or was cut 5, 7, 10 or 15 days later and used for grafting. Graft take was greater (90-100%) when scions were cut 5-10 days after defoliation. It was only 45% with freshly defoliated scions. In a second experiment, scions were cut from stock plants 5 days after defoliation and treated with 0.05% Bavistin, their cut ends dipped in paraffin wax and then they were wrapped in sphagnum moss in perforated polyethylene sheets and kept at room temperature for 3, 5, 7 or 10 days before grafting. Graft take percentage declined as storage time increased from 98.75% after 3 days' storage to 55.00% after 10 days' storage.