Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Sarfaraj, AK Srivastava, Subhash Chandra Singh, Om Prakash, Vishal Chugh, Vikas Kumar, Dharmendra Kumar Gautam and Vikki

Abstract:
The present investigation was conducted in the Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology Banda, (Uttar Pradesh) during 2021-22. Study was undertaken to highlight the effect of different time and growing conditions on success and growth rate of softwood grafting in guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Lalit under the climatic condition of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Deign with 18 treatments and three replications. Under open field condition, maximum leaf area (cm2) at 30 days (25.11), leaf area (cm2) at 60 days (56.27), average number of leaf at 30 days (5.46), average number of leaf at 60 days (9.30), shoot diameter 5 cm above graft union (cm) at 30 days (0.40), shoot diameter 5 cm above graft union (cm) at 60 days (0.65), shoot diameter 5 cm below graft union (cm) at 30 days (0.44), shoot diameter 5 cm below graft union (cm) at 60 days (0.67), root length (cm) 30 days (12.21), root length (cm) 60 days (19.10), fresh weight of graft shoots (g) at 60 days (19.68), dry weight of graft shoots at 60 days (6.96), fresh weight of graft root at 60 days (13.55), dry weight of graft roots at 60 days (5.21) was recorded as compared to other condition i.e. shade house and poly house. Therefore, on the basic of result, open field condition from 15th February found best for highest success growth rate of soft wood grafting in guava.