Effect of methods and time of propagation in bael under different growing conditions

Abstract

An experiment was conducted on bael to find out the effect of methods and time of budding under different growing conditions. Patch budding (P1) and shield budding (P2) were tried in four months, viz., June (M1), July (M2), August (M3) and September (M4) under two different conditions namely polyhouse and open field conditions. Patch budding with 84.20 per cent bud sprouting and 80.25 per cent bud survival proved superior to shield budding in polyhouse, however 72.50 per cent of bud sprouting and 69.20 per cent of bud survival recorded in open field conditions. Propagation methods gave better results during June. Polyhouse gave better response than open field conditions with respect to number of days taken to bud sprout (6.66 in July), per cent bud sprouting (85.50 in June), bud survival (91.25% in June) and sprouted shoot length (8.86 cm in July).