Question

Which are the methods for nursery preparation of fruit plants?

Answer 1

In fruit tree nursery, most of the fruit species are propagated through vegetative methods but some fruits like jamun and phalsa are still propagated by seeds.Besides this, seed is also the main source for raising rootstock on which the plants are budded or grafted.

The rootstock has a profound effect on the vigour, precocity, fruit yield and quality and longevity of scion, so proper care should be taken in selection of seed source. An ideal rootstock should have the following characteristics:-

Easy to propagate by seeds or by cuttings.High degree of polyembryony in some fruits like citrus, mango etc.Compatible with scion cultivar.Dwarf, precocious with high yielding impact on scion.

Answer 2

• By seed extraction

1.  For the nursery of fruit plants, the fruit species are mostly propogated through vegetative methods but some of fruits like jamun are propogated by seeds.
2. These are the following steps for extraction of seeds;
3. . The seed should be extracted from fully ripened fruits collected from healthy and high yielding trees.
4. After extraction of seed from fruit,it should be washed properly with water and after that let it be dried in shade.