Impact of Grafting Techniques on Success Rate, Survival and Growth of Different Adenium (Adenium obesum) Scions under Prayagraj Agro-climatic Conditions

Abstract

This work was carried out for 5 months from February, 2022 to June, 2022 in shadenet house, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj. The experiment was designed according to a Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD), using five different adenium hybrids and three different types of grafting techniques. The experiment was replicated three times. The different hybrids used in the experiment were Masai, Cream of My Body, Tangerine, Super Moon, Golden Jublee and grafting techniques were wedge, cleft, flat. The results obtained showed that the hybrid Golden Jublee with flat grafting was found superior in terms of days taken to 1st sprout, sprouting percentage, number of sprouts and survival percentage while hybrid Cream of My Body with flat grafting was found superior in terms of number of leaves, shoot length and stem girth. Therefore, Golden Jublee and Cream of My Body are suitable for propagation through flat grafting under agro-climatic conditions of Prayagraj.