Effect of season and polytube cover cap on softwood grafting in lemon (Citrus limon L.) cv. Konkan lemon

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of season and polytube cover cap on growth and survival percentage in softwood grafting of lemon (Citrus limon L.) cv. Konkan Lemon at department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, DBSKKV, Dapoli during year 2015-17. The result shows that minimum days required for sprouting (15.50), the highest sprouting percentage (86.15), survival percentage (73.23), and girth of new sprout (2.84 mm) were recorded in T4 (Polytube cover cap on graft in June) While highest number of leaves (29.40), and leaf area (25.99 cm2) were found in T6 (Polytube cover cap on graft in August) while length of new sprout (15.97 cm) were found highest in T2 (Polytube cover cap on graft in April). Observations were noticed at the end of 90 days after sprouting. Season and polytube cover cap on graft during the period of June to August was proved to be the best.