Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Sudipta Sannigrahi, Soustav Datta, Tanmoy Mondal, Susmita Dey and Sushanta Kumar Sarkar

Abstract:
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) belonging to Punicaceae family, have wider adaptability and are grown worldwide in tropical as well as subtropical regions. Recently, the area under pomegranate cultivation in West Bengal is increasing to a large extent due to it’s drought hardy nature, wider adaptability, suitability to marginal lands and higher yield. With this background, a research work was carried out to study the establishment and growth of tissue cultured pomegranate plants cv. Bhagwa in red and lateritic region of West Bengal and laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD), having four treatments i.e. locations (Chhatna, Pathri, Bamunpathri & Damodarpur) with ten replications. Bimonthly increase in plant height, plant spread, stem girth, number of leaves/branch and number of suckers were highest at Damodarpur. This might be due to climatic factors and soil characteristics of the location. Internodal length at yearly interval was also maximum at Damodarpur. Finally, it can be concluded that successful cultivation of pomegranate at Damodarpur location may be dessiminated to the farming community for increasing their income and better livelihood.