Olive is propagated through sexual and asexual means. Propagation of olive through sexual mean is usually not recommended, because seedlings are not true to type and take a lot of time to bear fruit. Asexual or vegetative propagation methods probably the most widely used commercial method of propagation in olive. Asexual propagation methods also include cutting, budding, grafting and air-layering. Air-layering is usually done in the months of June, July and August. Branches from well developed trees, free from pests and diseases are selected for air-layering. A branch of 5-10 mm in diameter is selected and bark of ½-1 inch is removed, covered with soil and any other rooting medium and then wrapped with polythene film. When a good ball of roots develop, the branch is then cut off below the wrapped position after which it is generally placed in a larger box or a tub or a pot to become more firmly established before being set out permanently