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Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

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10. Install a sprinkling system or provide water every 12 hours and avoid water logging<br />

or excessive humidity. Then transplant to envir<strong>on</strong>ments similar to those where<br />

plantlets grows naturally.<br />

Care of Hardened Plants: Extra care should be taken when young, rooted plantlets<br />

are being transferred from the culture vessels to the external envir<strong>on</strong>ment. Tissuecultured<br />

plantlets are delicate because they have been grown under low intensity artificial<br />

light and high humidity. The tissue cultured plants which are not adequately “hardened<br />

off” and may readily lose water when exposed to ambient c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s. When plantlets are<br />

removed from their c<strong>on</strong>tainers, the artificial gel like agar medium is gently washed from<br />

the roots. This is important, because the agar c<strong>on</strong>tains sucrose and other nutrients that can<br />

serve as a medium for growth to the disease-causing organisms. The pre-hardened, tissue<br />

cultured plantlets with well branched roots are now ready for planting into potting media<br />

in a greenhouse nursery. The hardened-off plants should be quickly prepared for the<br />

greenhouse nursery.<br />

6.2.5 Quality Standards in <strong>Nursery</strong> Plants<br />

The specific quality standards of nursery plant for fruit, vegetable, flower and other<br />

plant are describe as below:<br />

Sr.<br />

No.<br />

Crops<br />

Propagati<strong>on</strong><br />

Method<br />

Quality Standards<br />

1. Mango Grafting 1 year old graft<br />

2. Fig Cutting 8-12 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling, 4-6 buds<br />

30-40 cm height, 1-1.25 cm in diameter<br />

Layering 2.5-3 m<strong>on</strong>th old layering<br />

3. Ber Budding (Insitu) 1 year old budding seedling<br />

4. Custardapple Seed 5-6 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling<br />

Grafting 1 year old graft<br />

5. A<strong>on</strong>la Budding 6-12 m<strong>on</strong>th old seeding<br />

6. Banana Sucker<br />

Tissue culture<br />

2-3 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling<br />

7. Grape Cutting/Grafting 15-20 cm l<strong>on</strong>g, 3-4 buds, 2.5 cm l<strong>on</strong>g<br />

(In Situ)<br />

stock.<br />

8. Citrus Grafting 1-2 year old graft, 75-90 cm in height<br />

9. Pomegranate Air layering 20-25 cm height, 6 m<strong>on</strong>th old seeding<br />

10. Guava Layering 6-9 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling<br />

11. Cashewnut Softwood grafting 5-6 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling<br />

12. Papaya Seed 15-22.5 cm tall1.5-2 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling<br />

13. Coc<strong>on</strong>ut Seed 1-1.5 year old seedling, stem girth-10-12<br />

cm, leaf stalk thick and short<br />

14. Areca nut Seed 15-18 m<strong>on</strong>th old seedling<br />

15. Tomato Seed 3-4 week old seedling, 12-15 cm height,<br />

4-6 leaf stage<br />

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