Studies on Different Time Interval and Budding Methods on the Bud Take Success of Nectarine on Peach (Prunus persica L.) Rootstocks

The experiment was carried out at Fruit Nursery of VCSG Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Pauri, Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India, in 2016. To investigate the effect of different time of budding on the performance of Nectarine cv ‘Red June’ as a bud stick cultivar on peach root stock. Peach seedlings were budded at 15 days interval from 20th August to 20th September. The data showed that budding time and had no significant effect on number of leaves, while it significantly affected the days taken to sprouting, length of longest sprout(cm), diameter of thickest sprout(cm), number of branches, bud take success rate, survival budded plant percentage and total saleable plant percentage. Earliest bud sprout(161.46), Maximum number of leaves(135.15), length of longest sprout (85.68 cm), diameter of thickest sprout(0.93 cm), bud take success rate (87.63%), survival of budded plant(86.52%) and total saleable plant (96.86%) were observed for the plants budded on 20th August. Maximum number of days to sprouting (176.12 days), and minimum Number of leaves(103.45), length of shortest sprout (66.36 cm), diameter of sprout(0.68 cm), bud take success rate (72.38 %), survival of budded plant (71.21 %) and total saleable plant (88.49 %) were recorded for the plants budded on 20th September.