Effect of different grafting time on success of softwood grafting in mango cv. Langra under Chhattisgarh plain zone

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Effect of different grafting time on success of softwood grafting in mango cv. Langra under Chhattisgarh plain zone” was carried out during the year 2023-24 in the shade net of Horticultural Research Farm in Pt. K.L.S. College of Horticulture and Research Station Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 8 treatments and three replications. The treatment consists of (T1) 15th August, (T2) 30th August, (T3) 15th September, (T4) 30th September, (T5) 15th October, (T6) 30th October, (T7) 15th November and (T8) 30th November. The results showed that the treatment T3 (15th September) performed on 15th September (T3) recorded minimum number of days taken to bud sprouting (11.08 days), minimum number of days required for first leaf opening (14.17 days), maximum number of sprouts per graft (8.47), maximum number of leaves (9.61), (11.73) and (13.97), graft height (53.17 cm), (54.65 cm) and (55.61 cm), rootstock girth (7.64 mm), (8.57 mm) and (9.34 mm), scion girth (6.78 mm), (7.94 mm) and (8.95 mm) at 60, 90 and 120 DAG. Similarly maximum leaf area (47.74 cm2), maximum graft success (76.67%) to (61.11%) and maximum graft survival (67.12%) to (54.99%) were also recorded grafted on 15th September(T3) at 120 days after grafting under the plants.