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The present studies entitled "Standardization of grafting method and time in kiwifruit under temperate conditions of Kashmir" was carried out in the experimental farm, Division of Fruit Science during 2017 and 2018. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized block Design with three replications. In this experiment, three methods of grafting (cleft, tongue and whip) were performed on three different dates (3rdweek of February, 1 st week of March and 3 rd week of March) with Hayward/Tomuri grafted on 2 years old seedling rootstock under field conditions. The results indicated that leaf width(8.57cm) were significantly better with cleft grafting. Leaf area (94.45 cm 2 ) was recorded highest in tongue grafting and specific leaf area(127.63cm 2 ) was recorded highest with whip grafting. Leaf area (91.90 cm 2 ) and Leaf width(8.54cm) was found highest during 3 rd week of March and specific leaf area(143.82cm 2 /g) with 3 rd week of February. Cleft grafting performed during 3 rd week of March with Hayward resulted in the highest value of leaf chlorophyll(2.23mg/g). The interaction between method and type of scion was found significant for different parameters under study. From this experiment it can be concluded that among different methods, time and scion type used, cleft grafting performed during 3 rd week of February with Hayward cultivar significantly influenced specific leaf area.

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Background: Cauliflower production during the late winter season has major problems including the requirement of long duration for its maturity, lower yield and poor postharvest quality, especially in the mid-hill region of Nepal. A field experiment was conducted to access the growth, crop maturity and yield of late-season cauliflower varieties at Puranchaur, Kaski in the mid-hill region of Nepal.Methods: The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with toal eleven late-season cauliflower varieties in which nine were hybrid varieties viz. Freedom, Titan, Ravella, Artica, Bishop, Casper, Indam 9803, NS 106 and Snow Mystique while two were open pollinated varieties viz. Amazing and Snowball 16. The experiment was conducted from November 2016 to March 2017 with four replications.Result: Significantly shorter period for final curd initiation of 76 days was recorded in NS 106 and Indam 9803 which was statistically similar with Amazing. Significantly shorter period for final curd maturation of 90 days was recorded in Amazing which was statistically similar to Bishop and NS 106. Similarly, the highest curd yield of 50 mt/ha was produced by Bishop at 91 days after transplanting (DAT) while the lowest crud yield of 19 mt/ha was recorded in Snowball 16 at 113 DAT. Finally, it was concluded that Bishop found the best hybrid variety for higher curd yield and short duration for maturation while Amazing performed higher yield than Snowball 16 and early maturing variety in the mid-hill region of Nepal.