Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
SB Panchal, CR Patel and HL Chaudhary

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “standardization of time and grafting method in custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cv. Sindhan under South Gujarat condition” was carried out at Agriculture Experimental Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Paria, District Valsad, during the year 2015-2016. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with Factorial concept (FRBD) and the twelve treatment combinations were replicated thrice. Grafting was done at monthly interval starting from 15^th March up to 15^th August through wedge and side grafting techniques on custard apple rootstocks raised in polythene bags and kept under 50 % shade-net house condition. The results regarding different grafting time indicated that grafting on 15^th March or 15^th April found favorable, whereas among the techniques, wedge grafting found superior over side grafting in terms of significantly less days for first sprouting of scions, higher number of sprouted grafts, sprouting percentage, scion length, number of primary branches and survival of grafts. The interactions of grafting time and methods of grafting revealed that custard apple grafts prepared either on 15^th March or 15^th April through wedge grafting sprouted earlier and more in numbers it also obtained superior growth rate at different intervals with higher survival.