Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
BG Pawar, MN Bhalekar, DD Patil and DB Kshirsagar

Abstract:
This study was conducted at All India Co-ordinated Project on vegetable crop, Department of Horticulture, MPKV, Rahuri during summer season 2019. The aim of this work was to see the graft compatibility between brinjal varieties and hybrid on rootstock Solanum torvum and to found the suitable time of grafting during summer season. Two open pollinated varieties (Manjari- Gota and Phule Arjun) and two F₁ hybrid (Krishna and Phule Arjun) were used as scion on rootstock Solanum torvum and which was grafted on four different dates (1^st February, 15^th February, 1^st March and 15^th March). The rootstock seed sown for first February grafting dates recoded minimum days to germination (24.67) and it also reported highest germination (63.00%). However, rootstock seed sown for the fifteen March grafting date reported minimum days taken to reach grafting stage (62.00). Among the varieties Phule Arjun was noted the minimum days for germination (5.33) and days taken to reach grafting stage (27.67) when sowed for fifteen March grafting date. The highest (85.67%) germination percentage was noted in Phule Arjun when sown for grafting date fifteen March. Phule Arjun took the minimum days for graft healing (3.93) and graft sprouting (9.27) when grafted on first February. While, the highest graft success (92.22%) was reported in Phule Arjun grafted on fifteen February.