Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Satnam, Om Prakash, Nidhika Thakur and Akhilesh Kumar Srivastava

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Fruits nursery, Department of Fruit Science, college of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda - 210001 (U. P.) during the year 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with 9 treatments and 3 replications. The excrement was conducted with semi hardwood stem cuttings of pomegranate cultivar cv. Bhagwa under open conditions. Root promoting chemicals, IBA and NAA each at four concentrations of 250, 500, 1000 and 1500 ppm were used independently. Among the roots sprouting, minimum number of days taken to first sprouts (10.26 days), the average total sprouted cuttings (89.30%), diameter of shoot (6.75 mm), shoot length of cutting (24.70 cm) at 90 DAP, number of leaves per cutting (5.66, 6.80, 9.96) at 30, 60, 90 DAP respectively, fresh weight of shoot (11.19 g) and dry weight of shoot (5.47 g) at 90 DAP was recorded in treatment T4- IBA 1000 ppm. The maximum rooting percentage of cutting (84.32) at 90 DAP, the length of root of cutting (10.80 cm, 18.16 cm, 27.15 cm), average number of roots per cutting (20.19, 24.53, 37.52) at 30, 60 and 90, DAP respectively, the fresh weight of root (1.39 g), dry weight of root (0.76 g), survival percentage of cutting (90.54%) at 90 DAP respectively was recorded under the treatment IBA- 1000 ppm. Therefore, it is concluded that the application of IBA-1000 ppm shows the best result for all parameters like, days taken to first sprouting, total sprouted cutting, shoot diameter and length, numbers of leaves par cutting, fresh and dry weight of shoot, rooting percentage of cutting, length of roots, fresh and dry weight of roots, survival percentage of cutting and number of roots per cutting. This research has been recognized as practical application by nursery man of pomegranate for preparation of better quality planting materials along with better survivability.