1Regional Fruit Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Bahadurgarh, Patiala-147 021, Punjab, India
*Corresponding Author: Rajbir Singh Boora, Regional Fruit Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Bahadurgarh, Patiala-147 021, Punjab, India, Email: rsboora-ptl@pau.edu
Online Published on 22 January, 2026.
The present investigation was carried out at Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Fruit Research Station, Bahadurgarh, Patiala during the year 2018-19 to standardize various propagation techniques and their commercial economic feasibility in sapota under North Indian conditions.
The, cultivar Kalipatti was used as scion and Khirni (Manilkara hexandra) as rootstock. The plants were propagated by different propagation techniques viz., wedge grafting, side grafting, tongue grafting, veneer grafting and inarching at monthly intervals from February to September.
The maximum average graft survival was recorded in inarching (70.56%) followed by side grafting and veneer grafting. The plants grafted in June (63.33%) had the maximum average graft survival percentage followed by July (62.0%). The maximum benefit-cost ratio was worked out in side grafting followed by veneer grafting. Despite maximum graft survival in the inarching technique, the B:C ratio was less due to high input cost.
B:C ratio, Kalipatti, Manilkara hexandra, Propagation, Sapota
