Jackfruit extension manual.pdf - Crops for the Future

• It grows taller and thus produces a longer trunk, which is more valuable as timber.
• Seed propagation is practiced in most jackfruit growing countries.
The disadvantages of this method are:
• The characteristics of fruits produced by the seedling trees cannot be guaranteed, and
are not necessarily the same as those of the mother tree.
• The time taken by seedling trees to reach fruit-bearing age is usually longer than for
those trees propagated by vegetative methods.
• The trees grow taller than those propagated by vegetative methods, which is a
constraint in management and harvesting.
4.2.2 Vegetative propagation
• Vegetative propagation can be carried out by different methods. Veneer and epicotyl
grafting are commonly practised in jackfruit in Asia (Haq, 2006). Details are
described in Section 5.
• Fruiting and fruit quality of vegetatively propagated trees are the same as those of
the mother tree.
• Vegetative propagation is particularly favoured in Thailand.
The advantages of this method are:
• The fruit quality of the new tree is assured; it will be the same as the mother tree.
• The tree reaches fruit-bearing age sooner than in seed-propagated trees.
• The trees remain relatively shorter in stature, which makes management and
harvesting easier.
The disadvantages of this method are:
• The trees are often shallow rooted.
• Trees tend to be dwarf and to produce branches at a low level, which results in
lower quality timber with a shorter trunk.
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