Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
T Shirisha, Dr. VR Joshi, Dr. BB Dhakare, Dr. DB Kshirsagar, Dr. MN Bhalekar and Dr. SK Ransingh

Abstract:
This study was conducted at All India Co-ordinated Project on a vegetable crop, Department of Horticulture, MPKV, Rahuri during the summer season 2022. This work aimed to see the graft compatibility among Muskmelon varieties on rootstocks of Pumpkin, Bottle gourd, and Sponge gourd in the summer season. Three muskmelon varieties Sagar 60, Dhruvi, and Vijay were used as scions and were grafted on rootstocks of Pumpkin (Arka Chandan, Arka Suryamukhi), Bottle gourd (Arka Bahar, Samrat) and Sponge gourd (Phule Komal, Phule Prajakta). The scion seed is sown 22 -25 days before the rootstock and dates are recorded for days to germination, days to graftable size, and diameter of scion and rootstock. It was observed that early healing (4.67) and the highest (96.66%) graft success (%) was observed in Sagar 60 (90.00%) grafted on Phule Prajakta, and minimum days to attain transplanting was noted with Sagar 60 grafted on Samrat (11.27).