Study of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) propagation using bench grafting.

There is inadequate information in the case of rootstock application in pomegranate. In this study, propagation of pomegranate was investigated using bench grafting. The experiment was conducted as factorial in the framework of CRD design with three replications. The rootstocks were R1, R2 and R3 and the scions included ‘Gorj-eDadashi’ (S1) and ‘Gorj-e-Shahvar’ (S2). At the end of experiment, successful callus formation at graft union, bud take percentage (BT), bud take stem length, internodes length and shoot fresh and dry weight were measured. The results indicated that rootstock influenced all measured characters including bud take and consequently the highest and lowest BT were obtained in R1 and R3 , respectively. The interaction between rootstock/scion indicated the highest BT in R3S1 and R2S2.