Effect of Varieties and Length of Scions on Sprouting of Grafts and Days taken for Sprouting in Mango (Mangifera indica L.)

An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh to investigate the effect of varieties and length of scions on sprouting of grafts and days taken for sprouting in mango. Factorial completely randomized designs with 3 replications and 16 treatment combinations of four various varieties and four different bud lengths were used for epicotyl grafting. The result revealed that among the various varieties, Dashehari variety gave better success followed by langra. Regarding different bud lengths 8 cm bud length took minimum time for first sprouting and 4 cm bud lengths took maximum time on the other hand 6 cm bud length took least time and 4 cm bud length took maximum time for last sprouting. For the days taken for first and last sprouting no significant difference was observed among different varieties.