Grafting is a technique widely used in horticulture and forestry for the mass production of selected plants, and is one of the most successful methods for propagating Allanblackia vegetatively. The technique involves formation of a union between scions taken from desirable mother trees and rootstocks that are normally young or healthy seedlings established in the nursery. Grafting can also be carried out onto trees that are already established in the field. As well as allowing the cloning of superior individuals, if done with the right plant material grafting can shorten the period between field establishment and when a tree flowers and fruits. This is important for fruit trees, since early maturity means revenues can be realised more quickly by farmers. In Allanblackia, it can reduce the time to fruiting from about 10 years to 2-4 years, when scions are collected from mature / fruiting trees.
Publication year
2011
Authors
Munjuga M R; Ofori D A; Asaah, E.K.; Simons T; Tchoundjeu Z; Jamnadass, R.
Language
English
Keywords
allanblackia, germplasm, grafting, plant propagation
