Year: 1961
Type: article
Abstract: Since 1954, the green wood grafting has been successfully used for the propagation of greenhouse Hibiscus in our botanical garden. Attempts were made to apply the method to other outdoor trees. 1. The experiments were carried out during 1957_??_1960 to ascertain the possibility of green wood grafting in maple, camellia, chestnut, grape, Japanese plum, kaki, orange, pear, peach and rose. 2. The method of the so-called “green wood grafting” is as followed. The growing soft scions, usually with a few leaves on them, are grafted on green shoots of stocks by the method of the side or cleft grafting, and thereafter enclosed in the cover of vinyl sheet and screen for 10_??_30 days. In this method, bud forcing of stock or storage of scion is not necessary. 3. High percentages of graft union were obtained in the greenwood grafting in maple, camellia, orange, peach and pear. The success of grafting in maple and camellia which have been recognized as the difficult ones, is of great significance in the nursery practice. 4. Satisfactory results were not obtained in chestnut, grape, Japanese plum, kaki and rose. 5. The green wood grafting of deciduous trees was possible duriug a rather long period from late April to August, while that of evergreens from middle May to early October, but the best season was found to be May-July in the former group and June-August in the latter, respectively. These results suggest the possible use of the method for practical propagation of certain woody plants, especially of camellia and maple whose graftings are otherwise rather difficult.
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.30.253
Authors: Y. IHARA, K. TAMARI
Institution: Osaka City University
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3123612413