Effect of different environmental conditions on performance of sapota softwood grafts worked on invigorated Khirni rootstock on length of scion Shoot, number of leaves per graft and leaf area

Abstract

An experiment entitled “Effect of different environmental conditions on performance of sapota softwood grafts worked on invigorated Khirni Rootstock.” Experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with eight treatment combinations comprising factor A four different environmental conditions C1 (Open condition), C2 (Partial shade condition), C3 (Partial shade (tree shade) condition), C4 (Poly house condition) and factor B comprised of two decaping height of invigorated khirni rootstock viz., 10 cm and 15 cm from ground level and these were replicated five times. Maximum length of scion shoot (20.20 cm) was observed in poly tunnel and decaping height at 15 cm from ground level, whereas minimum length of scion shoot (12.16 cm) exhibited by open condition and decaping height at 10 cm from ground level.