Vol. 9, Special Issue 8, Part P (2025)

The present investigation on ‘Influence of scion sticks storage methods on growth parameters of softwood grafting in mango var. Kesar’ was carried out during August 2024 to March 2025 at Horticultural Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand. The experiment comprised of two factors viz., four levels of wrapping materials [W₁-Moist cotton cloth, W₂-Moist sphagnum moss, W₃-Moist jute bag, and W₄-Control (without wrapping)] and three levels of storage periods [D₁-1 day, D₂-3 days, and D₃-5 days]. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (Factorial) involving twelve treatment combinations and three replications. It was recorded that scion sticks wrapping in moist sphagnum moss and storage for 1 day found significantly maximum number of leaves per graft, length of sprouted scion shoot, number of sprouts per graft, girth of graft and leaf area at 90 and 180 DAG in softwood grafting of mango var. Kesar.