Development of seed, rootstock and clonal plant standards of lasoda (cordia myxa L.) for conservation of elite type and mass multiplication of quality planting materials.

Abstract

This fruit tree has not yet been utilized as an orchard crop, though its importance and uses are well known. The demand for quality planting material of lasoda has increased manifold in the country in the recent past. However, the greatest bottleneck in the expansion of area is the non-availability of genuine and quality planting material in adequate quantity from reliable sources. Lack of technical standards of lasoda multiplication limits its area expansion in the country. It is multiplied by seed and vegetative means from local types by nurserymen due to lack of named variety. Healthy and quality planting material is the prerequisite for agro-forestry, orchard plantation as well as raising of rootstocks. Therefore, the present study was conducted to standardize the seed, rootstock and planting material standards of lasoda during 2018-2020 at ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.The developed standards would be highly useful for conservation of elite type and large-scale multiplication of quality planting material of lasoda for commercial orcharding in the country.