Reference:

Lethbridge B (2005) Field grafting of quandong (Santalum acuminatum). Sandalwood Research Newsletter 20, 1-2.

Abstract:

As an alternative to nursery production, field grafting of quandong could be used to transfer selected scions producing good quality fruit onto seedling trees with less than satisfactory fruit. With the development of direct seeding of quandong and sandalwood next to appropriate host plants proving to be a simple and efficient technique, field grafting would nicely complement the development of uniform orchards. There also exists the potential to graft quandong onto established sandalwood, thereby allowing harvesting of trunks and roots of sandalwood, when the quandongs orchard usefulness has passed.

Field grafting of quandongs has so far met with limited success and involves a complex multilayered technique to protect the scion material from the elements. Simplification of this technique with the mummy graft is starting to show promise. An updated version is described in this report for the field grafting of non irrigated sandalwood with selected quandong scions

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