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

The present investigation (Anacardium occidentale L.) was conducted at Agriculture Experimental Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Paria (Gujarat) under heavy rainfall zone-I and situation-II during the year 2013–14 with the objective to find out the most suitable time period for soft wood grafting and to study the effect of rootstock growing on success of soft wood grafting in cashew cv. V-4. Among different treatment combination of season of grafting and growing environment of rootstocks tried, soft wood grafting in the month of 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 per graft (5.63), length of the graft (23.50 cm), girth of graft (0.81cm) and highest percentage of survival was recorded with treatment combination S2E3, grafting in August under in situ conditions.