Effects of type and age of rootstock, grafting method and scion length on grafting success of (mango (Mangifera indica. L

Abstract

An experiment was carried out at Khartoum –Mogran nursery ,Horticulture Sector Administration, to study the effect of two methods of grafting (cleft and whip and tongue ) ,scion length and rootstock age on mango (Mangifera indica L.), grafting success. The experiment showed that there was a significant difference between 14cm scion length resulted in 87.5% success and the latter as compared to 7cm scion length resulted in 45.8% success as first. On the other hand a significant difference between the two methods of grafting success of cleft grafting was 83.3% success while whip and tongue gave 50.0% success. It was found that there were differences related to the age of the rootstock. Success was 81.3 in the one year old rootstock, 6months old rootstock resulted in 62.5% success and the 9 months gave 56.25% success.