Effect of meteorological factors and inter-relationship of quality parameters in stone grafting of mango.
Pandey V., Singh J. N.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, U.P., India.
Orissa Journal of Horticulture 29 : 58-60
Abstract : An experiment was conducted in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India during 1994-95 and 1995-96 to standardize stone grafting of mango cultivars Amrapali, Mallika and Dashehari. Stone grafting was conducted on 1, 6 and 31 August. Data for the year 1994-95 showed that the number of days from grafting to sprouting was negatively correlated with sprouting and survival of grafted plants indicating that a delay in sprouting period caused a decrease in sprouting and survival of the grafts. The sprouting percentage of grafts was positively correlated with survival percentage of grafts and number of leaves per graft. The increase in sprouting percentage also increased the percentage of survival. An almost similar pattern was observed for 1995-96. Simple correlation coefficient between temperature, relative humidity and pan evaporation rate with sprouting, survival and various graft quality parameters for 1994-95 and 1995-96 were non-significant.