GRAFTING/SAMBUNG

Grafting terminologies

– Scion -The part of the graft that

will provide the new system. The
scion maybe united either at the
apex or side of the rootstock.

– Rootstock – the lower part of

the graft. It normally posses a
root system that will support the
subsequent shoot development
from the scion

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Grafting
 Why graft?
• Incorporate disease, insect resistance
• Shortcut to Maturity/Fruiting
• Quickly increase # of a desirable type
• Change cultivar of fruit in an orchard
• Control form (dwarfing, weeping, tree mums
& roses)
• Repair bark damage
 Grafting principles

• Contact between
vascular cambium of
scion and rootstock
 Grafting principles
• Taxonomic compatibility
• Timing of graft (dormant scion)
• Waterproof graft junction
• Rootstock diameter > scion diameter
 Whip or Tongue grafting
• Most common grafting method
Bark grafting (Rind graft, p. 437)
Side grafting
Cleft grafting

Topworking
 Grafting over
• Adding a cultivar to an established fruit tree
– Replace the existing cultivar
– Add a new pollinator
– Try a new cultivar
• Top-working
• Frame-working
 Double working
• Using an interstock to graft an incompatible
scion to a rootstock
– Interstock is compatible with both scion and
rootstock
Grafting of Allanblackia

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 Grafting of Allanblackia

• Grafting
experiments
side tongue whip and tongue side veneer graft

registered 80
100
% survival rate
80
in A.
% survival

gabonensis
60
40
20 and flowering
0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
while still in
Time (weeks) the nursery.
Effect of grafting techniques on survival of A.
floribunda grafts

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 Grafting of Allanblackia
Shade Light

100

90

80

70

60
% survival

50

40

30

20

10

0
3 5 7 9 11
Time (week)

Effect of shade & light on survival of A. floribunda in situ grafts

• In situ grafting of A. floribunda wildings and

coppiced shoots under shade open light
registered 45% vs 35% survival rate respectively.
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Approach grafting
• Use when detached scion not possible
Flat grafting cacti
Bridge grafting to repair damage
Bridge graft to strengthen a narrow
crotch angle
Inarching to repair damage
 Budding
• Scion is a bud
• Used to propagate fruit trees, roses
T-budding
Chip budding
Patch budding