Author(s):

KD Patel, AM Butani, BV Thummar, HP Purohit and RD Trambadiya

Abstract: The field experiment entitled “Response of different media and IBA on rooting and survival of hardwood cutting in pomegranate (PunicagranatumL.) cv. Bhagwa” was carried out at Fruit Research Station, MadhadiBaug Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during 2015-16. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design with Factorial concept by three repetitions. The treatment consist of five level of different media M₁ (soil), M₂ [soil + FYM (1:1)], M₃ [soil + perlite (1:1)], M₄ [soil + sand + FYM (1:1:1)] and M₅ [soil + FYM + perlite (1:1:1)] and three level of IBA concentration I₁ (IBA 2000 ppm), I₂ (IBA 2500 ppm) and I₃ (IBA 3000 ppm). The mixture of media influenced on survival percentage (85.07%, 78.14% and 74.49%) at 30, 60 and 90 DAP, respectively and highest percentage (86.80%) of rooted cuttings were obtained with M₃ [soil + perlite (1:1)], whereas media M₄ [soil + sand + FYM (1:1:1)] showed maximum length (29.91 cm), fresh weight (2.64 g) and dry weight (0.66 g) of roots per cutting. Among the factor IBA, I₃ (IBA 3000 ppm) recorded highest percentage (87.10%) of rooted cuttings at 90 DAP, maximum length (31.47 cm) of roots per cutting, fresh weight (3.51 g) of roots per cutting, dry weight (0.89 g) of roots per cutting at 90 DAP and survival percentage (81.15%, 76.85% and 73.20%) at 30, 60 and 90 DAP, respectively. The interaction effect between the media and IBA were found significant. Highest percentage (90.66%) of rooted cuttings at 90 DAP and survival percentage (94.44%, 92.22% and 90.00%) at 30, 60 and 90 DAP, respectively were observed highest in M₃I₃ treatment combination, whereas, the highest length (32.93 cm), fresh weight (4.64 g) and dry weight (1.17 g) of roots per cutting were recorded under M₄I₃ treatment combination.

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