Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Krishna Gorfad, Bimal S Desai, Sumankumar S Jha, Dhiraji P Patel, Vijay M Prajapati and Yogesh A Garde

Abstract:
The present investigation was conducted to assess the effect of different hormone treatments and media on growth and quality of Chitrak- Plumbago zeylanica L. to develop effective nursery production technology. The experiment was conducted in completely randomized design with factorial concept, including twenty treatment combinations comprising of four levels of treatments with IBA hormone (Control, 500, 1000, 1500 ppm) and five levels of different growing media. Among various concentrations of IBA hormone as pre-soaking treatment, H₁ control treatment showed significantly better results for germination, growth, biomass and H₄ (IBA 1500 ppm) for TPC content in Plumbago zeylanica L. Similarly, among growing media, black soil + FYM (M₃) recorded maximum root collar diameter, number of branches per plant, number of leaves per plant, root length per plant, root biomass per plant, shoot biomass per plant, plant height per plant and TPC in M₅. Overall, the result indicated that that pre-soaking Plumbago zeylanica L. cuttings with H₁ control treatment and subsequently treated cuttings in M₃ media comprising of black soil + FYM enhance growth and biomass and H₄ (IBA 1500 ppm) with M₅ (black soil + sand + FYM) enhance TPC.