Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Ankita Dhiman, Vishal S Rana, Gopal Singh and Shiv Kumar Shivandu

Abstract:
A study was conducted to elucidate the effect of different top working methods for quality scion wood production of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.)” in the Department of Fruit Science, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.) India in 2019-2020. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design consisting of eleven treatments which were replicated thrice. Three grafting procedures viz., tongue, cleft and bark performed at 1.0 m, 1.25 m and 1.5 m heights and two budding methods viz., T-budding and chip budding done at 1 m height were utilized for evaluation of scion wood quality. The results revealed that the highest graft take success (93.27%), graftable scion wood (52.73%), internodal length, leaf chlorophyll content and number of graftable shoots were obtained in the plants top worked with tongue grafting at 1.25 m height. Whereas, diameter of scion above the graft/bud union were determined to be maximum in the plants top worked with cleft grafting at a height of 1 m. Therefore, top working done using tongue grafting at a height of 1.25 m resulted in maximaum scion wood development in apple.