Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

Chapter 10. Agronomy
graftings on thick rootstocks were considered to be the best as regards
percentage take, subsequent growth and cost (low).
Figure 10-5. Steps of the inverted T - budding technique: A and B)
rootstock cut and prepared for budding; C and D) collecting bud from
selected cultivar; E and F) insertion of the bud into the rootstock stem;
G) wrapping of the bud. Adapted from Hartmann et al. (1990)
In Colombia, Iglesias (1984, cited by Torres and Sánchez, 1992), used three
budding methods (double bud, patch and shield-budding) and two grafting
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