International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 4
First page : (2038) Last page : (2042)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5777

Interaction Effect of Age and Curing of Scion on Cost: Benefit Ratio of Softwood Grafting in Sapota (Achras zapota L.)

Tanuja P.* and Thippesha  D.
Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka State
*Corresponding Author E-mail: tanu.horti@gmail.com
Received: 19.07.2017  |  Revised: 30.07.2017   |  Accepted: 2.08.2017  

 ABSTRACT

An experiment was conducted to know the effect age and curing of scion on cost:benefit ratio in softwood grafting of sapota from 2014 to 2015 at the College Research Farm, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Mudigere .The sapota grafted on 3 months age old scion resulted in maximum net income (`18,500 per 1000 grafts) and cost: benefit ratio (1.76), which were followed by 6 months age old scion (`16,500 per1000 grafts) and(1.57) , whereas they are minimum (` 13,500 per 1000 grafts)  and (1.28)  in 12 months age oldscion. The sapota grafted with 10 days cured scion resulted in maximum net income (`20,750 per 1000 grafts) and cost: benefit ratio (1.93), which were followed by 8 days cured scion (` 16,750 per 1000grafts) and (1.55), whereas they are minimum (`7,750 per 1000 grafts) and (0.75)   in 0 days cured scion. The 3 months age old with 10 days cured scion resulted in maximum net income(` 22,250 per 1000 grafts) and cost: benefit ratio (2.06), which were followed by 6 months age old with 10 days cured scion (` 20,250 per 1000 grafts) and (1.88), whereas they are minimum (` 10,050 per 1000 grafts) and  (1.01) in 9 months age old with 0 days cured scion.The high benefit ratio is mainly because of using the three months age old scion with  ten days curing which helped in giving the higher success rate because of their actively growing.

Key words: Sapota, Curing, Days after grafting, Age of Scion, Success rate, Cost benefit ratio

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Cite this article: Tanuja, P. and Thippesha, D., Interaction Effect of Age and Curing of Scion on Cost: Benefit Ratio of Softwood Grafting in Sapota (Achras zapota L.), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(4): 2038-2042 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5777