Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Anil, MS Paikra, UB Deshmukh, Jitendra Singh, Dikeshwar Nishad, Priyanka Paikra and Dhannajay Kumar

Abstract:
An experiment entitled "Studies on softwood grafting of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) under different growing conditions" was conducted at Pt. Kishori Lal Shukla College of Horticulture & Research Station Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The experiment was laid out in Split plot Design, with 3 replications, there were two factors which comprised different date of grafting viz. 10 February 2021, 20 February 2021, 01 March 2021, 10 March 2021, 20 March 2021, 30 March 2021, 10 April 2021 and three growing condition viz. Mist chamber (C₁), Shade net house (C₂) and open condition (C₃). The result revealed that among different treatment combination, D₄C₁ (10 March, 2021+ mist chamber) had the significant effect on tamarind grafts and recorded minimum number of days taken to first sprouting (8.20 Days), maximum number of sprout (4.47), number of leaves (73.07), plant height (88.01 cm), number of branches (4.59), length of sprout (60.68 cm) and graft Survival percent (80.00%). Whereas, more number of days taken to first sprouting (9.27days), minimum number of sprout (2.00), number of leaves (38.27), plant height (49.13cm), number of branches (1,87), length of sprout (34.17cm) and graft survival percent (40%) were observed under treatment combination D₁C₃ (10 February, 2021 + Open field condition).