Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

Sr.
No.
Crops
Propagation
Method
Quality Standards
16. Brinjal Seed 4-5 week old seedling, 12-15 cm old
seedling, 6-8 leaf stage
17. Chilli Seed 6-7 week old seedling, 15-20 cm height
18. Cabbage/caulif
lower
Seed 3-5 week old seedling
19. Broccoli Seed 4-6 week old seedling
20. Onion Seed 6-8 week old seedling, 20-25 cm height
21. Lettuce Seed 4-5 week old seedling
22. Rose Budding 3-6 month old seedling
23. Jasmine Cutting 60-65 days old seedling
24. Aster Seed 35-40 days old seedling, 4-6 leaf stage
25. Marigold Seed 3-4 week old seedling, 5-6 leaf stage
26. Gaillardia Seed 3-4 week old seedling, 4-6 leaf stage
27. Zinnia Seed 5-6 leaf stage, 10-15 cm height
28. Aboli Seed 4-5 leaf stage
29. Dalia Seed 3-4 week old seedling
30. Carnation Seed 20 days old seedling
Cutting 2 month old seedling
31. Gerbera Seed 2 leaf stage, 5-6 week old
Sucker/Tissue
Culture
5-6 leaf stage
General Quality Standards for Nursery Plant
� The graft union should be healthy and the size of scion and rootstock should be
equal.
� Color of leaf, morphology of leaf should be in proper standard in according to
variety and species.
� The nursery plant should be free from disease and pest and have a vigorous growth.
� The shoot and root development of nursery plant should be in proper ratio. The
nursery plants should be free from weeds.
6.3 Glossary
Bud union/Graft union: A swollen area just above the soil level where one variety has
been onto the rootstock of another variety. The bud union is not always swollen, and
on some older plants it can be difficult to find. On young bare-root trees the bud
union may look like a slight bend.
Budding: Means of vegetative propagation where the scion is reduced to a single bud
which is inserted into a rootstock.
Dormancy: A state of suspended growth or the lack of outwardly visible activity caused
by environmental or internal factors in a seed or bud.
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