An investigation was conducted to study the influence of the age of root-stock on the success and growth parameters of grafts using the method of soft-wood grafting in Amrapali,Mallika,Dashehari,Chausa,Langra and Bombay Green cultivars of mango.The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Garden,Department of Horticulture,Institute of Agricultural Sciences,Banaras Hindu University,during 2015-2016.The results of the present study indicated that the scion Langra performed the best for the two graft success parameters(GSPs)—the sprouting time and%graft take success and the two graft growth parameters(GGPs)—the scion-shoot girth and the number of leaves per plant;Chausa for the%graft survival and Bombay Green for the scion-shoot length.Amrapali was observed to perform the worst for the%graft take success,the scion-shoot girth and the number of leaves per plant,while Mallika performed the worst for the sprouting time,the%graft survival and the scion-shoot length.The grafting performed on the root-stock at age six months showed the worst for all the GSPs and GGPs.The grafting done on the root-stock at age two months performed the best for all the GSPs and GGPs,except the scion-shoot girth for which the grafting done on one month old root-stock was found to be the best.
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