Effect of season and growing environment on success of soft wood grafting in cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale) under south Gujarat agroclimatic conditions

An experiment was conducted to find out suitable time period for soft wood grafting and effect of rootstock growing on success of soft wood grafting in cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) cv. Vengurla 4, at Agriculture Experimental Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Paria (Gujarat) under heavy rainfall zone-I and situation-II during 2013–14. Among different treatment combinations of season of grafting and growing environment of rootstocks tried, soft wood grafting in August under in situ conditions (S2E3) was found to be the best. The maximum number of sprouted grafts (8.83/10), sprouting percentage (86.66%), number of leaves/graft (5.63), length of the graft (23.50 cm), girth of graft (0.81cm) and highest percentage of survival was recorded were treatment combination S2E3 (grafting in August under in situ conditions).