Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

The experiment was conducted in randomized block design (RBD) with three replications. One year old branches of “seedless lime’’ cultivar of about 60 cm length having diameter of about pencil thickness, were selected for this experiment. Barks of the branches are removed at 5 cm width of uniform twigs having pencil thickness evenly. Air layering in acid lime is done with the application of respective rooting media around the ringed out portion with help of the hand followed by wrapping portion with polythene film tied with jute rope. Application of Vermicompost + FYM + Sand (1:1:1) yielded the maximum root parameters, such as rooting percentage (94.33%), number of primary roots (34.40), maximum and minimum root length (10.60 cm and 0.95 cm), root fresh and dry weight (0.93 and 0.16 g), survival percentage (82%), plant height (44 cm), number of branches (8.27), and number of leaves (48.20) was significantly recorded best under the treatment combination (T9) of vermicompost + FYM + sand (1:1:1) as compared to control. In case of soil alone (T₀) these favourable conditions were not available as per requirement of the air layers. The media having sand in mixtures proved the best because of the proper aeration available to the rooting of air layer.