How budding is done in Amla cultivation?

Of various methods of vegetative propagation, budding has been found to be most practical. Shield budding and patch budding are the commercial methods of aonla propagation. One year old seedlings with a girth of about 1 cm should be shield budded in early July with healthy and plump buds from new growth. Shield budding gives a success of 70-80 per cent. Higher percentage of bud-take has been recorded with patch methods under Jammu conditions.