Biostimulant: Its Effect on the Growth and Survival of Asexually Propagated Mango Grafts (Mangifera indica L.) Cv. Alphonso
Neha H. Karbat. *
College of Horticulture, Dr. B.S.K.K.V., Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
M.M. Kulkarni.
College of Horticulture, Dr. B.S.K.K.V., Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
P. M. Haldankar.
College of Horticulture, Dr. B.S.K.K.V., Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
N.V. Dalvi
College of Horticulture, Dr. B.S.K.K.V., Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
N.H. Khobragade
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Dr.B.S.K.K.V., Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The Konkan belt of Maharashtra, India is home to over 400 nurseries producing more than 1 million high quality mango planting materials annually. To enhance the survival rate and growth of mango grafts at the nursery stage, a study was conducted as “Biostimulant: Its Effect on the growth and survival of asexually propagated mango grafts (Mangifera indica L.)” Cv. Alphonso during August 2023 to Aprile 2024 at Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India. The experiment, designed in a factorial randomized block design, tested 26 treatment interactions in which NATCA (10.00 %) + folic acid (0.2 %) combination @ 1ml/L at 60 days interval) performed best in terms of plant growth parameters and also reduced cost of production of mango grafts Cv. Alphonso followed by Chitosan @ 150 ppm at 60 days interval also showed maximum B:C (1.49) and maximum net profit.
Keywords: Mango graft, alphonso, biostimulant, application interval, survival