Effect of cultivars and season on grafting success in sapota under Paschim Midnapur conditions of West Bengal.
Two sets of experiments were carried out during 2007 08 to assess incompatibility of sapota cultivars to softwood grafting, and to find out the best time for softwood grafting, in a private orchard at Jhargram of Paschim Midnapore, West Bengal. Considerable variation in success of softwood grafting among sapota cultivars was observed. Among ten cultivars studied, CO 2 showed highest compatibility with Khirnee rootstock to softwood grafting, followed by Cricket Ball and DSH 2. There was a total failure in graft take in cultivars CO 1, DSH 1 and Guthi. Softwood grafting success was highest in sapota when carried out on 1 st July (72% followed by 15 th August (70% 5 th June (62% and 15 th June (56%