Initial performance of top-working of mango under western Maharashtra conditions.
Jadhav S. B., Patil R. S., Kulkarni S. S., Dhumal S. S.
Author Affiliation: Dept. of Horticulture, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, India.
Journal of Agriculture Research and Technology 38 : 229-233
Abstract : The results revealed that the trees beheaded in the month of July displayed the significantly earliest sprouting (37.91 days), highest number of sprouts per branch (26.31) and eventually earliest duration for chlorophyllous leaf development (14.82 days). The significantly highest grafting success was noticed by the trees beheaded in May followed by successive grafting in August (84.68%), while significantly least grafting success was observed for trees beheaded in September followed by successive grafting in December (24.79%). Among the scion varieties, cv. Kesar recorded significantly superior grafting success (61.93%) over the scion cv. Sindhu (55.12%) and Ratna (50.01%). The interaction of two factors eventually revealed that, mango trees beheaded in May and successive grafted in August with cv. Sindhu recorded significantly highest graft success (87.86%) which was at par with cv. Kesar (85.41%) and Ratna (80.88%). However, incidence of mango stem borer emerged as the critical factor during latter stages for the sustainable mango top working under Western Maharashtra conditions.