Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

The minimum numbers of days taken to sprouting and early sprouting were achieved when wedge grafts prepared on 20 cm height of rootstock (L-49) and 10 cm length of scion stick (Anjirio) during last week of March to the first week of April. However, better results for growth and development parameters viz., number of leaves, number of nodes and internodes, leaf area, incremental scion and rootstock length, graft height, girth above graft union, girth below graft union and number of shoots were found in the grafts prepared on 30 cm height of rootstock. As far as scion stick length is concern better results were recorded in the grafts prepared using 15 cm scion stick length reported positive results for same growth parameters. Interaction effect of rootstock height and scion stick length maximum incremental scion length (44.11 cm) was found in treatment with 30 cm rootstock height and 15 cm scion length.

On the basis of the results obtained from the present investigation, it can be concluded that minimum number of days taken to sprouting were achieved when wedge grafts of guava prepared on 20 cm height of rootstock (L-49) and 10 cm length of scion stick (Anjirio) during last week of March to the first week of April. Further, better results for success, growth and survival parameters were found in the grafts prepared on 30 cm height of rootstock. As far as scion stick length is concern better results were recorded in the grafts prepared using 10 cm scion stick length for success and survival; while grafts prepared using 15 cm scion stick length reported positive results for growth parameters.