Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

A survey was undertaken to evaluate the seedling originated jamun genotypes in eastern dry zone of Karnataka and among them best performing types were selected and subjected to multiplication by softwood grafting. The present investigation was conducted at College of Horticulture, Bengaluru during the year 2021-22. The results revealed that, the per cent graft success was recorded highest in KJA-13 (70.00%) genotype followed by KJA-21 (56.00%) at 60 DAG (Days after grafting). The per cent survivability was highest in KJA-13 (91.66%) and it was on par with KJA-21 (85.47%) and KJA-12 (83.00%), whereas there was no survivability in the genotype KJA-23 at 90 DAG. Comparatively highest number of sprouts was found in KJA-21 (1.85), whereas lowest was recorded in KJA-12 (1.45) and the highest number of leaves was recorded in KJA-13 (8.20) and least in KJA-12 (6.24) at 90 DAG. The graft height was significantly highest (18.50 cm) in KJA-13 which was on par with KJA-21(17.65 cm) whereas, lowest graft height was recorded in KJA-12 (16.21 cm) and the maximum graft girth (5.42 mm) was observed in KJA-12 which was on par with KJA-21(5.23 mm) and KJA-13 (5.16 mm) at 90 DAG.