Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Anamika, Manish Bakshi and Pooja Singh

Abstract:
Presented study was conducted at Horticulture farm of Lovely Professional University under department of Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Punjab during the year 2021-22 to evaluate the effect of plant growth regulators and maturity level of cuttings on vegetative and rooting parameters of guava cuttings. It was observed that semi hardwood cuttings of guava treated with IBA@4000 ppm showed minimum days taken for bud emergence, days taken for sprouting, days taken for first leaf emergence, maximum number of leaves at 30 and 60 DAP, number of branches at 30 and 60 DAP and maximum number of roots per cutting. Fresh weight of roots was recorded in IBA@ 4000 ppm with semi-hardwood cuttings, with semi-hardwood cuttings, the dry weight of roots was observed in IBA@ 4000 ppm, rooting percentage was found in IBA@ 4000 ppm with semi-hardwood cuttings. Maximum root length and highest survival percentage was observed in IBA @ 3000 ppm with hardwood cuttings. Overall semi-hardwood cuttings gave superior results for most of the characters recorded.