Performance of wedge grafting in guava under different growing conditions

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to find out the efficacy of wedge grafting on three guava cultivars during different months of year. Wedge grafting was tried in four months, viz. July (M1), August (M2), September (M3) and October (M4) on three varieties, namely Allahabad Safeda, Lucknow-49 and Allahabad Surkha under two different conditions, namely, polyhouse, and open field conditions. Wedge grafting in the month of July gave better result in polyhouse (77.17%) as well as in open field condition (66.43%). Polyhouse gave better response than open field conditions with respect to number of days taken to sprout, graft survival, number of leaves and length of sprouted shoot.