Authors: Aneesha Singh Pradeep Kumar Agrawal
Publish Date: 2016/10/05
Volume: 128, Issue: 1, Pages: 243-246
Abstract
Jatropha curcas microshoots excised from wellestablished multiple shoot cultures of CSMCRI1 were used as microscions Different age microscion 6 to18monthold shoots and rootstock 15 to 90dayold were used for grafting Among all the different combinations 18monthold scions and 60dayold rootstocks developed grafts with 584 success rate The grafting efficiency was further increased by treating scion and rootstock with 005 mg/L BAP 6benzylaminopurine and 005 mg/L ZN zeatin BAP treated scion grafted on 60 days old seedlings established early union Graft union was dressed with tissue paper wetted with 01 Carbemedozo and Macrinite CM75 and 400 mg/L amoxicillinclavulanic acid for infection free graft Dressing significantly increased the rate of survival 97 of the grafted plants 97 microshoots were successfully rooted via grafting Grafting altered the plant architecture and made them dwarf The net photosynthetic rate of grafted plants was higher than nongrafted plants The seed yield of grafted plants was significantly higher than cuttings and seedling
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