Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Susmita Das and Arti Sharma

Abstract:
Soil steam sterilization or autoclaving is frequently used to eliminate or reduce microbial activity in the soil. An investigation to study the effect of soil sterilization on two rootstocks of citrus i.e. Carrizo and Rough lemon was carried out during December – April at polyhouse, Department of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Among all the treatment, M₁ (Sterilized potting media) was found to be the best for promoting seed germination percentage (86.48%), survival percentage germination (88.04%), plant height after 60 days (6.48 cm) and 120 days (21.50 cm) of germination, number of leaves per plant (10.86),shoot girth (2.04 mm) and root length (6.50). On the basis of overall performance the study clearly revealed that M₁R₁ (sterilized potting media + Carrizo rootstock) was the best treatment for raising nursery stocks of citrus under Jammu condition.