ISSN: 0972-1045

Chrysophyllum lanceolatum - a new rootstock for sapota (Achras zapota L.).

Journal of Applied Horticulture, 2005, 7(1): 23-24.

Chrysophyllum lanceolatum - a new rootstock for sapota (Achras zapota L.).

K.S. Kalesh, S.M. Shareef, S.P. Mathew and M.S. Chemburkar

Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 562, Kerala, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37855/jah.2005.v07i01.06

Key words: crop quality, crop yield, fruits, grafting, rootstocks, sapodillas, vegetative propagation

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Abstract: Propagation experiments were carried out in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, during 1999-2002 with C. lanceolatum as a new rootstock for sapota (A. zapota [Manilkara zapota]). Grafted plants were grown in different agro-climatic conditions of the Kerala State and had good fruit quality and yield. C. lanceolatum proved one of the best rootstocks for sapota.