Standardization of softwood grafting and time in Jackfruit under Vidarbha condition of Maharashtra

Jackfruit is a heterozygous in nature and has long juvenile phase, true to the type plants can be obtained through grafting. An experiment was conducted at Commercial Fruit Nursery Unit, College of Horticulture and Department of Horticulture. Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during 2014–2017.This experiment was carried out to find out the suitable time and higher success in softwood grafting in jackfruit. The grafting operation was done month wise from August to January at monthly intervals on one year old rootstocks. Procured scion sticks were used for grafting purpose. December months recorded the maximum graft success (93.80 per cent) and final survival percentage was recorded in same month, i.e., 88.87, when compared to all the other month under study and there was less success observed in case of August months. The number of days taken for bud sprouting was minimum (26.25 days) in case of December. Maximum number of sprouting percentage and number of shoot per graft were observed in December month, i.e., 89.44 per cent and 4.75, respectively. The maximum length of shoot (0.67 cm) and number of leaves per graft (8.75) was recorded in the month of November while maximum height of graft (30.00 cm) was found maximum in the month of October.