Vegetative propagation through softwood grafting was carried out during 1994-1997 on Flacourtia montana, an endemic wild edible fruit tree of the Western Ghats, as part of its popularization and promoting cultivation programme. The grafting experiment was very successful and resulted in 78 percent success. The paper discusses the grafting success and its field performance.
Vegetative propagation, Softwood, Endemic, Cultivation, Experiment, Field performance
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Shareef, S.M., 2014. A Note on Grafting Success in Flacourtia Montana- An Endemic, Wild Edible Fruit Tree of the Western Ghats. Indian Journal of Forestry, 37(1), pp.67-68. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2014-6N0QBF
Manuscript Published on 01 March 2014
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