Studies on effect of wedge grafting in different varieties of avocado under North coastal region of Andhra Pradesh

The present study was conducted in the shade net condition of farmer’s fields in the Salur village of Parvathipuram Manyam District of Andhra Pradesh in the years 2023–2024. The Complete Randomised Design was used to lay out the experiment with 3 treatments were T1- Reed, T2- TKD-1 and T3-Fuerte. The maximum leaf length (13.30 cm), leaf width (5.51 cm), leaf fresh weight (1.42 g), leaf dry weight (0.43 g), graft diameter (1.22 cm), graft height (57.05 cm), sprout diameter (0.55 cm) and sprout length (23.45 cm) were recorded in T1- Reed and number of leaves per graft (37.66) and highest success percentage (68.10%) was recorded in T₃- Fuerte. Among the different varieties of Avocado best result shown in Reed hence it is suggested to be suitable for growing under North Coastal region of Andhra Pradesh.