Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Poonam Saini, RK Goyal, Pooja and Reetika

Abstract:
A field study on the effect of time of planting, IBA treatment and rooting media on plantlets survival and shoot characters was carried out in CCSHAU, Hisar during 2017. The experiment consisted of three treatment combinations, i.e. time of planting cuttings viz. February and March, Indole Butyric Acid (IBA) treatment viz. IBA @ 2000 ppm and without IBA and ten different rooting media. The results indicated that the cuttings planted in the month of February after giving IBA 2000 ppm treatment and planted in the media combination of cocopeat, perlite and vermicompost in ratio of 4:1:1 resulted in minimum number of days taken for sprouting (8.17). Also, the shoot parameters viz. number of sprouts per cutting (6.43, 8.16 and 10 after 30, 45 and 60 days of planting respectively), sprouted cutting percentage (82.6%), sprouted cutting survival percentage (100%), plant height (41.16 cm), stem diameter (11.58mm), number of leaves (203.3), shoot fresh weight (22.10g) and shoot dry weight (10.59g) significantly increased in cuttings planted in the month of February after giving IBA 2000 ppm treatment and planted in the media combination of cocopeat, perlite and vermicompost in ratio of 4:1:1.