Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Pushpa Korche, CS Pandey, Homeshvari and Bipin Kumar

Abstract:
An experiment entitled ‘‘Response of Fig (Ficus Carica L.) Hard Wood Cutting to IBA and Bio-Inoculants on Rooting and Survival’’ was carried out at Fruit Research Station, Imaliya, Department of Horticulture, JNKVV, Jabalpur between the period January 2022 to April 2022 in a Factorial Completely Randomized Design with three replications. The experiment was comprised of two factors - Five levels of IBA i.e., (C₁) IBA 0 ppm (Control), (C₂) IBA 500 ppm, (C₃) IBA 1000 ppm, (C₄) IBA 1500 ppm, (C₅) IBA 2000 ppm and Four types of growing media i.e., (M₁) Normal soil, (M₂) Normal soil + PSB, (M₃) Normal soil + VAM and (M₄) Normal soil + PSB + VAM. The result revealed that among the various treatment combinations, the hard wood cuttings treated with 2000 ppm IBA and planted in growing media having Normal soil + PSB + VAM (C₅M₄) proved superior with respect to number of primary roots (4.30), diameter of root (1.49 mm), and length of longest root (23.97 cm), fresh weight of root (3.31 g) dry weight of the root (1.17 g) and percentage of cuttings that survive (78.44%) at 90 DAP followed by 1500 ppm IBA