EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TIME AND METHODS OF BUDDING ON THE BUD TAKE SUCCESS OF NECTARINE ON PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA L.) SEEDLING ROOTSTOCK”

Two factors of different budding time i.e. 20th August, 5th September and 20th September with three different methods i.e. shield, chip and patch budding, were tried to investigate their effects on the bud take success of Nectarine on Peach seedling rootstocks, at Fruit Nursery, department of Fruit science, VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. The results showed significant effects on number of days to first sprout, longest sprout length, diameter of thickest sprout, number of branches, total survival of budded plants (%) and total saleable plants (%). Minimum number of days to sprouting (161.12 days), maximum sprout length(84.68cm), diameter of thickest sprout(0.93 cm), number of branches(34.18), no. of leaves(134.82), leaf area(24.20 cm2) survival of budded plants(62.50%) and total saleable plants(91.97%) were observed on 20th August with shield budded plants. Shield budding showed significant results among most of the parameters observed. Hence for better bud take success of Nectarine (Red June) budded through shield budding on 20th August is recommended.