Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Vijay Kumar Suman, Hemant Kumar Panigrahi, Prabhakar Singh and Aarya Gupta

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raipur university of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). During the year 2021-22 with a view to study the “Standardization of wedge grafting season on success of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cv. Balanagar”. The custard apple variety of Balanagar was used to grown and treatment was calculated in completely randomized design (CRD). The experiments standardize the season of wedge grafting and determine the shoot growth parameters of custard apple. The wedge method of grafting was done on the selected rootstock for multiplication of custard apple plants. Similar matching thickness of rootstock and scion was selected for grafting for fourteen treatments. The shoot parameters i.e., days taken to sprouting, number of graft sprouted, number of sprouted buds/graft and number of leaves produced per graft were significantly superior in the treatment T₁₂ (Wedge grafting on 15^th February, 2022). On the basis of above findings, treatment T₁₂ (Wedge grafting on 15^th February, 2022) stand could be better performance first in position and T₁₀ (Wedge grafting on 15^th January, 2022) stand in second order of preference. However, treatment T₁₁ (Wedge grafting on 30^th January, 2022) comes in next in order. Therefore, it may be concluded that treatment T₁₂ (Wedge grafting on 15^th February, 2022) may be prefer for higher shoot growth in custard apple.