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Table 5. Lac cultivation schedule on Kusum (Schteichera oleosa)
Year Month Set- I Set- II Set- lll Set- lV Set- V
FiIst lan\ary/ Pruning
February
)unel )uly Pruning
second )anuary/ Pruning
February
June/ tuly lnoculation Pruning
Third )anuaryl Partial lnoculation Pruning
->
February harvesting
)unelJuly Complete Partial ----> lnoculation
harvesting & harvesting
pruning
Fourth )anuaryl Complete Partial lnoculation
February harvesting & harvesting
pruning
)une/ July Complete Partial - > lnoculation
harvesting & harvesting
pruning
Fifth )anuary/ lnoculation Complete Partial
February harvesting & harvesting
pruning
June /July Partial lnoculation Complete
harvesting harvesting &
pruning

lll. Schleichera oleosa (Kusum) & Ziziphus maurifiana (BeO
. Devide total trees of kusum in two sets with equal number of trees in each (Table 6).
.
- Kusum trees are utilised for summer crop (iethwi), pruned in June or July, inoculated
in January or February after 18 months and harvested in June or July during alternate
years.
. Ber trees have only one set and utilised for winter crop (aghani) every year, pruned

in February, inoculated in June or July and harvested in January or February
. Trees are also pruned at the time of harvesting.
. lnitialiy ber trees are pruned in late January or February.
. Broodlac obtained from kusum tree is utilised for inoculation of ber and vice- versa.

r Excess broodlac obtained from both set of trees is sold in the market.
. Kusum trees get rest of one and half year but ber only get 5-6 months.
. lnoculation is carried out with broodlac @ 20- 25 g broodlac per meter shoot for
both species of tree.

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