Pusa Srijan is a rootstock of – (RJ ARO Horti 2022)

✅Explanation: Pusa Srijan is a guava rootstock developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. It is known for its vigorous growth, tolerance to adverse soil conditions, and its ability to induce early fruiting and high yield in guava plants. The efficacy of 'Pusa Srijan' as a dwarfing rootstock for 'Allahabad Safeda' guava is proven, having field tolerance to wilt.

• Important Rootstocks for Fruit Plant Propagation:
-Mango
-Totapuri Red Small, Vellai Kollumban, Rumani, Olou, Creeping: Dwarfing effect
-Kurukkan: Salt tolerance
-Grape
-Dogridge: Resistance to Phylloxera, nematodes, and salts.
-Temple: Resistant against Pierce's disease, anthracnose, and downy mildew
-Ber
-Ziziphus nummularia: Dwarfing effect
-Guava
-Pusa Srijjan, Psidium pumilum: Dwarfing effect on Allahabad Safeda scion cultivar
-Citrus
-Flying Dragon: Most dwarfing, highly suitable for high-density planting
-Sweet orange: Hardy rootstock, adaptable to various soil conditions and salt-tolerant
-Sour orange: Cold hardy, resistant to phytophthora root rot but highly susceptible to tristeza
-Citrus unshiu: Freeze tolerant
-Apple
-M9: Dwarfing effect, suitable for high-density planting
-M27: Ultra-dwarfing, suitable for high-density planting
-Malus sikkimensis: Induces precocity in bearing
-MM111 & MM106: Free from viruses, woolly aphid resistant, suitable for light sandy soils