| Propagation through budding |
It is yet another propagation technique where a vegetative bud is excised from a mother plant and used as the scion material. The technique involves.
- The removal of selected vegetative bud along with a patch of bark from the scion plant and inserting it on to the stock plant.
- The graft is further tied to keep the bud in place and maintained till the union takes place.
- After the union is ensured, the portion of the stock above the bud union is removed and the sprout from the scion bud is encouraged to grow further.
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Citrus budded Plant
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- Different budding techniques such as Shield budding, Patch budding, Ring budding are seen in use, in which the scion material (in the shape of a shield, a small rectangular patch, a ring respectively) is inserted on to the stock plant.
- However, in the case of medicinal plants, budding is very rarely practiced
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