ISHS Acta Horticulturae 696: VII International Symposium on Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics - Part Two
DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM TIME FOR CHIP BUDDING IN APPLE CV. RED FUJI |
| Authors: | D.C. Dimri, A. Petwal, P. Kamboj |
| Keywords: | graftage, tongue grafting, chip budding, graftage success |
| Abstract:
The plant material (scion) for the study consisted of apple cv. Red Fuji grafted/budded on seedling rootstocks of apple. Tongue grafting was performed on its standard time (1st March) and used as control, whereas, the rest of treatments were on chip budding starting from 15th January, 2001 to 30th July, 2001 at 15 day interval. The chip budding performed on Ist March proved to be superior in terms of the highest grafting success (94.42%), linear growth (97.07 cm), number of branches (3.60), number of nodes (38.62), number of leaves (62.30), canopy spread (176.04 cm2) and proportion of saleable plants (91.90%). Out of the two graftage methods studied on the same date, i.e. Ist March, tongue grafting exhibited its superiority with respect to maximum scion girth (1.03 cm), minimum wind damage (0.00%), total leaf dry matter content (5.75%) and also in producing higher leaf area (1108.33 cm2). Thus, on the basis of overall performance, the chip budding | |
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