Softwood grafting is successful in which fruit? (Technical Assistant 2013)

✅Explanation
Softwood grafting is a technique commonly used for propagating mango trees. It involves joining a young shoot (scion) from a desired mango variety onto a rootstock.

📌Other Options Explanations
A. Ber (Indian plum) – Seedlings, cuttings, layeringC. Amla (Indian gooseberry) – Seedlings, cuttings, grafting

Important 🔑Key Points:
-The softwood grafting could be performed even during summer when other methods of propagation are not possible.
-Healthy and vigorous scion sticks are selected from the mother plants. In softwood grafting 45-60 days old 8-12 cm long scion sticks are suitable for successful soft wood grafting.
-Softwood grafting is done by wedge method of grafting which is easier than various other grafting techniques.
-Success is much higher than other grafting methods.
Plants get ready for sale within 4-5 months after grafting. By this technique, plants take about 1 year from seed sources to sale while it takes about 2 years in veneer grafting