Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
SB Malaviya, BV Thumar, MP Nakum and TP Dodiya

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Hi-tech Horticulture Park, College of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh (Gujarat) during September to December-2021. The experiment was laid out with Completely Randomized Design with four replications. Application of IBA @ 300 ppm proved to be significant for the semi-hardwood cuttings of croton for the parameters like minimum days required for sprouting (21.50 days), maximum success percentage (85.00%), survival percentage (82.32%), number of leaves (15.05), number of shoots (3.60), leaf area (109.73 cm²), length of main shoot (6.72 cm), girth of main shoot (2.81 mm), fresh weight of shoot (4.98 g), dry weight of shoot (2.69 g), number of roots (29.85), length of longest root (13.27 cm), fresh weight of roots (2.15 g), dry weight of roots (1.86 g), minimum mortality percentage (17.67%) and maximum root: shoot ratio (0.43).