Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Roopali Patel, Deepa B Phookan, Sailen Gogoi, Prakash Kalita, Anjali Basumatary, IS Naruka and Samiksha

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at Horticulture Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam during the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 for knowing the potentiality of different seedling growing media viz., Cocopeat: Perlite: Vermiculite (3:1:1), Cocopeat: Perlite: Vermiculite (2:1:1), Cocopeat: Vermicompost (1:1),Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (3:1:1), Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (2:1:1), Cocopeat: Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (1:1:1:1) and Conventional nursery. These seven treatments were analyzed in RBD with 4 replications. The higher seedling emergence percentage (93.15), seedling height (17.87 cm), leaf area (9.09 cm²), root length (6.04 cm), shoot length (10.24 cm), seedling growth index (1516.35), chlorophyll content (0.32 mg g^-1fw), minimum days to two-true leaf stage (7.03 days), minimum days to transplanting (28.55 days) and the lowest diseases incidence (3.44%) under the greenhouse condition was recorded in the treatment T₃ [(Cocopeat: Vermicompost (1:1)]. While the highest stem diameter (1.85 mm) was observed in T₆ [Cocopeat: Vermicompost: Perlite: Vermiculite (1:1:1:1].