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<title><b>Studies on response of soft-wood grafting on moisture stress exposed rootstocks of mango (<i>Mangifera indica</i> L.) in the eastern dry zone of Karnataka</b></title>
<authors>L. Shanthala, R. K. Ramachandra, S. M. Kumar, G. S. K., Swamy, M. K. Honnabyraiah,    H. M. Pallavi,  Vishnuvardhana,   B. A. Reddy ,  B. N. Rajendra ,  R.Venugopalan,  M. Anjanappa</authors>
<keywords>Moisture stress, rootstocks, field capacity, stress tolerance</keywords>
<pages>25-33</pages>
<issue_number>6 (1) 2022</issue_number>
<issue_period>January, 2022</issue_period>
<abstract>The present study was conducted to evaluate mango (<i>Mangifera indica</i> L.) moisture stress induced rootstocks and their response in the success of grafts. About 16 treatments with five replications and 10 plants in each replication were used for the experiment. About six month old rootstocks of Alphonso, Dashehari, Neelum and Totapuri were treated with four different stress levels (100 % of FC- Control; 80 % of FC- moderate stress; 60 % of FC- mild stress and 40 % of FC- severe stress). Irrigation treatment I1 (100 % of FC) showed earliest sprouting, highest graft height, graft girth, more number of leaves and maximum graft success per cent and survivable per cent, followed by mild stress treatment (80 % of FC) and moderate stress treatment (60 % of FC) whereas, least was obtained in severe moisture stress treated treatment (40 % of FC). Maximum sprouts per graft was obtained in mild stressed treatment (80 % of FC) and least was found in moderate stress treatment (60 % of FC). The rootstock Totapuri recorded maximum graft success and graft survivability percent followed by Alphonso while, earliest sprouting, highest graft height, graft girth, more number of sprouts and leaves per graft was noticed in Alphonso rootstock followed Totapuri. Earliest sprout emergence, highest graft height, graft girth, more number of sprouts and leaves per graft was recorded highest in treatment interaction of well irrigated Alphonso rootstock with Mallika scion. The maximum graft success and graft survivability percent was observed in well irrigated Totapuri rootstock with Mallika scion followed by mild stress treated Alphonso rootstock.</abstract>
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