INFLUENCE OF RAMPHAL (Annona reticulata L.) ROOTSTOCK ON CUSTARD APPLE (Annona squamosa L.) cvs. BALANAGAR AND ARKA SAHAN
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2021-11
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University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot. (College of Horticulture, Bagalkot).
Abstract
The present investigation entitled “Influence of Ramphal (Annona reticulata L.)
rootstock on custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) cvs. Balanagar and Arka Sahan with
an objective to study the influence of Ramphal (Annona reticulata L.) rootstock on graft
success, survival per cent and vigour of custard apple cultivars. The experiment was
carried out at Main Horticultural Research and Extension Center (MHREC), UHS,
Bagalkot (Karnataka) in the year 2021. The experiment was laid down in a Completely
Randomized Design and the observation was recorded on growth, success, survivability
and biomass parameters of grafted plants of custard apple cultivars.
The experiment comprised of eight treatments viz., T1- Softwood grafting of
Balanagar on 15th January, T2- Softwood grafting of Balanagar on 30th January, T3-
Softwood grafting of Balanagar on 15th February, T4- Softwood grafting of Balanagar
on 28th February, T5- Softwood grafting of Arka Sahan on 15th January, T6- Softwood
grafting of Arka Sahan on 30th January, T7- Softwood grafting of Arka Sahan on 15th
February, T8- Softwood grafting of Arka Sahan on 28th February which were replicated
thrice. The results of the present investigation showed significant differences among the
grafts of different treatments tried for all the characters studied. In growth
characteristics, treatment T7 recorded significantly the maximum number of sprouts per
graft (3.40), length of the sprouted shoot (25.37 cm), number of leaves (26.54), leaf area
(30.66 cm2
), leaf area per graft (898.39 cm2
), scion girth (7.97 mm), rootstock girth
(6.92 mm), girth of graft union (8.22 mm), length of the longest root (34.73 cm) with
the highest survivability of graft (91.10 %) at 90 days after grafting and graft success
(95.55 %) at 30 DAG. Although, the minimum number of days required for grafting
(8.31) was recorded in T3. With respect to biomass characteristics, T7 recorded the
maximum fresh weight of shoot (33.43 g), dry weight of shoot (18.36 g), dry weight of
root (12.40 g) and shoot: root ratios (1.47 and 1.48) of fresh and dry weight basis,
respectively. However, treatment T7 is statistically on par with T6 for most of the
parameters studied.
Hence, it can be concluded that T7 (softwood grafting of Arka Sahan on 15th
February) performed best in terms of graft growth, success, survivability and biomass.