Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

The present investigation entitled “effect of chemicals on shoot growth and success of cuttings in fig (Ficus carica L.) Cv. Dinkar” was conducted at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Badnapur, Dist-Jalna, during 2014-15 with the object to study the effect of chemicals on success and survival of cuttings in fig. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with sixteen treatments replicated twice. Among the chemical treatments in present investigation, maximum number of cuttings sprouted at 15 days (15.50), at 30 days (25.50) and at 45 days (30.00), number of shooted cuttings at 30 days (85.00%), at 60 days (100.00%) and at 90 days (100.00%), number of shoots per cutting at 30 days (1.18), at 60 days (2.05) and at 90 days (2.79), shoot diameter at 30 days (2.92 cm), at 60 days (3.79 cm), and at 90 days (4.88 cm), shoot length at 30 days (8.71 cm), at 60 (12.94 cm) and at 90 days (14.67 cm), number of leaves per cutting at 30 days (2.78), at 60 days (6.61) and at 90 days (9.53), leaf area at 30 days (179.50 cm²), at 60 days (281.00 cm²) and at 90 days (381.00 cm²), fresh weight of shoot (39.55 g), dry weight of shoot (25.07 g) maximum percent success (100.00%)was noticed in treatment T12 (T2 + PHB 1500 ppm). However, minimum number of cuttings sprouted at 15 days (4.50), at 30 days (12.50) and at 45 days (17.50), number of shooted cuttings at 30 (41.66%), at 60 days (58.33%) and at 90 days (58.33%), number of shoots per cutting at 30 (0.55), at 60 days (0.59) and at 90 days (0.66), shoot thickness or diameter at 30 days (0.43 cm), at 60 days (0.87 cm), and at 90 days (1.70 cm), shoot length at 30 days (1.98 cm), at 60 days (4.54 cm) and at 90 days (5.89 cm), number of leaves per cutting at 30 days (0.69), at 60 (0.71) and at 90 days (1.11), leaf area at 30 days (17.00 cm²), at 60 days (25.00 cm²) and at 90 days (50.50 cm²), fresh weight of shoot (15.12 g), dry weight of shoot (8.29 g) minimum percent success of cuttings (58.33 %) was recorded in treatment T_l6 (control).