Studies on storage life of bud-sticks in soft wood grafting of mango.
Kulkarni R. M., Shinde S. J., Jature S. D., Naik D. M., Kausadikar P. R.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, M.S., India.
Asian Journal of Horticulture 4 : 446-447
Abstract : An experiment was conducted to study the storage life of bud-sticks with different materials in soft-wood grafting of mango was carried out at Department of Horticulture, MAU, Parbhani. Storing the bud sticks for 24 hours when cut ends of bud sticks dipped in wax, wrapped in wet sphagnum moss and covered with polythene sheet showed the best results and followed by treatment in which bud-sticks wrapped in wet moss and covered with polythene paper.