Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

Chapter 10. Agronomy
Method
Cherimoya
Annona Species
Custard Soursop
Apple
Sugar Apple
Budding > 70% > 40% > 40% > 80%
Grafting > 70% > 70% > 80% > 70%
Inarching Successful Unknown Successful Unknown
Topworking Unknown Unknown Successful Unknown
Micropropagation Successful Unknown Successful Unknown
Sources: Bourke (1976); Coronel (1994); George and Nissen (1987);
Nakasone and Paull (1998); Torres and Sánchez (1992).
* Information not applicable to wild soursop.
Table 10-3. Rootstock x scion compatibility and the recommended
vegetative propagation methods for nine annona species
Rootstock
Scion Species
Species A. cherimola A. muricata A. reticulata A. squamosa
A. cherimola C; budding, NC; none Unknown C; grafting
grafting
A. glabra Unknown LC; budding C; budding C; budding,
grafting
Atemoya C; budding NC; none NC; none C; budding,
grafting
A. montana Unknown C; grafting Unknown Unknown
A. muricata NC; none C; budding, C; budding LC; none
grafting
A. reticulata C; budding C; budding, C; budding C; grafting
grafting
A. senegalensis Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
A. squamosa LC; none LC; budding,
grafting
C; budding C; budding,
grafting
Rollinia spp. C; unknown C; grafting,
budding
Unknown NC; none
C = Compatible; LC = Low compatibility; NC = Not Compatible.
Sources: Duarte et al. (1974); Popenoe (1974 a, b); Pinto (1975); Hernandez
(1983); Iglesias and Sanchez (1985); Ferreira et al. (1987); George and
Nissen (1987); Ledo and Fortes (1991); Singh (1992); Torres and Sánchez
(1992); Coronel (1994); Pinto and Silva (1996); Bezerra and Lederman
(1997); Nakasone and Paull (1998).
Attempts to propagate cherimoya by root cuttings treated with various
combinations of benzylamino purine (BAP) and indole butyric acid (IBA)
had no success after 4 months, even though some cuttings produced a few
roots (George and Nissen, 1987). Hardwood and leafy terminal cuttings of
cherimoya taken at monthly intervals and placed in an outdoor rooting bed or
under mist conditions, respectively, were treated with 0, 1250, 2500 and
5000 ppm of napthalene acetic acid (NAA). None of the cuttings taken from
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