EFFECT OF ROOTING MEDIA AND IBA ON ROOTING OF CUTTINGS OF WAX MALPIGHIA (Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masamune) UNDER SHADE NET HOUSE
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2024
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College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar
Abstract
A current research work entitled “Effect of rooting media and IBA on rooting of cuttings
of wax malpighia (Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masamune) under shade net house” was
conducted from June 2023 to February 2024 at Instructional Farm, Department of
Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalrapatan,
in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan. The experiment consisted of 28 treatments including,
three levels (100, 200 and 300 ppm) of IBA along with four rooting media (soil, cocopeat,
vermiculite and vermicompost) in different ratios laid out in completely randomized design
with three replications. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of IBA and rooting media on
rooting and economics feasibility of cuttings of wax malpighia. The data was recorded after
30 days and 60 days of planting of cuttings. Among all the treatments, the treatment of T27
[vermiculite + vermicompost (1:3) + 300 ppm IBA] showed significantly superior
performance in terms of number of days taken for rooting (10.20 days), root length (11.09
cm), number of roots (55.56), fresh weight of roots (94.52 mg), number of primary roots
(8.99), number of secondary roots (46.57), root index (616.43 cm/plant), dry weight of roots
(35.26 mg), number of total shoots (5.73), sprouting percentage (89.19% ), length of
primary shoot (8.80 cm), number of primary shoots (4.21), survival per cent (85.55%),
mortality per cent (14.45 %), leaf thickness (0.33 mm), plant height (40.54 cm) and total
chlorophyll content (0.79 mg/g) along with the highest B:C (2.13) ratio.