Question

A mango merchant desires to obtain all the mangoes in his orchard to have the taste and quality of alphonso mango. He tries to achieve this by using the grafting technique. Which variety would be used for the scion and the stock, respectively, to get the desired result? 

(a) Scion of desi mango on stock of alphonso mango 

(b) Scion of alphonso mango on stock of desi mango 

(c) It can be either way out depending on the age of the plants 

(d) Scion of desi mango on stock of both desi and alphonso are combined

Answer 1

Answer is (b) Scion of alphonso mango on stock of desi mango

The quality of food produced by the grafted plant is determined by the genotype of ‘scion’. So, the scion of alphonso mango and stock of desi mango are used.