ROOTSTOCK INFLUENCE IN FRUIT CROPS

S ESWARA REDDY dr_esreddy@yahoo.co.in

A grafted or budded plant can produce usual patterns which may be different from what would have occupied if each component part of graft age viz. root stock and scion were grown separately or when it is grafted or budded in other types of rootstock. Some of these have major horticulture valve. This very inspects of rootstock in the performance of a scion cultivator or vice versa is known as stock scion relationships.

A) Effect of Stock on Scion Cultivates:

1. Size and Growth Habit:If a scion is grafted on dwarf rootstock the graft combination will be dwarf while he same cultivar grafted on very rootstock would grow very vigorously. 2. Precocity in Flowering and Fruiting: The time taken from plating to fruiting is influenced by rootstocks. Fruiting is influenced by rootstocks. Generally fruiting precocity is associated with dwarfing rootstocks and slowness to start fruiting with vigorous rootstocks. Mandarins, when grafted on Jamberi rootstock are precious than those grafted on sweet orange or sour orange or acid lime rootstock. 3. Fruit Set and Yield: The rootstock directly influence on the production of flowers and setting fruit in oriental persimmon. The influenced of rootstock on the yield performance or cultivar has been well documented in many fruit crops. Acid limes budded on rough lemon register nearly 70 percent increased yield 4. Fruit Size and Quality:

Sathgudi sweet oranges grafted on Ragapur lime rootstock produced large and quality fruits. 5. Nutrient Status of Scion: Rootstocks do influence the nutrient status of scion also.. 6. Winter Hardiness: Young grape fruit tree on Rangpur lime withstand winter injury better than on rough lemon or sour on orange.. 7. Diseases Resistance: In citrus considerable variability exists among the rootstock in their response to diseases and nematodes. Similarly guava varieties grafted on Chinese guava, are resist to wilt diseases and nematodes. 8. Ability to Resist Soil Adverse Conditions: Among the citrus rootstocks trifoliate orange exhibits poor ability to resist excess soil moisture or excess boron in the soil. Sometimes the technique used in grafting is so poor that only a small portion of the causal regions of the stock and scion are brought

together. This results in its failure of the graft union. 12-04-2012