Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.), also known as Indian gooseberry, is an important subtropical fruit crop propagated mainly through vegetative methods to maintain true-to-type plants, early bearing, and uniform yield. Although sexual propagation through seeds is possible, commercial cultivation depends largely on asexual propagation techniques because seedling plants show high variability in growth, fruit size, and yield. Seed propagation is mainly used for raising rootstocks. Fully mature fruits are collected and seeds are extracted after drying. Seeds are sown in nursery beds during spring or monsoon season. Germination generally takes place within three to four weeks. Seedlings raised from seeds possess strong tap roots and are later utilized for budding or grafting operations. However, seed propagation alone is not suitable for commercial orchard establishment due to genetic variation. Budding is the most common and successful method of aonla propagation. Patch budding is widely practiced due to higher success rate. In this method, healthy one-year-old rootstocks of pencil thickness are selected.