GRAPE - Dogridge

• The institute had initiated work on identification of rootstocks tolerant to drought and water stress in fruit crops. In this direction, the institute has identified rootstock “Dogridge” which performs very well in the dry belts of Northern Karnataka and Maharashtra. Procedures have been standardized to multiply these rootstocks and distributed to needy growers as these rootstocks have great demand in North interior Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra and Telangana in Andhra Pradesh.