Effect of biofertilizers and growing media on growth of air layers of pomegranate (Punica granatum L)

Sandhya M Solanki; R K Jat; Radhika J Lunagariya; Mohan Lal Jat; Mukesh Kumar

doi:10.48165/chr.2023.11.2.18

Authors

Sandhya M Solanki Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat 384460
R K Jat Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat 384460
Radhika J Lunagariya Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat 384460
Mohan Lal Jat Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana 125004
Mukesh Kumar Department of Natural Resources Management College of Horticulture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat 384460

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/chr.2023.11.2.18

Keywords:

Biofertilizers, Growing media, Air layer, Survivability

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of biofertilizers and growing media on growth of air-layers of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) var. Bhagwa at College of Horticulture, Jagudan during kharif, 2021 in FCRD with three repetitions. It consists of two levels of biofertilizers along with five levels of media mixtures by volume basis. The B1G5 (Bio NPK consortium + soil + FYM + vermicompost (1:1:1, v/v/v)) was found significantly superior for number of new shoots (5.40 and 5.47), length of layer (53.41 cm and 55.25 cm) and number of leaves (117.61 and 127.40) at 60 and 75 DAP, respectively. Similar trends were also noted in the same treatment with respect to fresh and dry weight of shoot (14.88 g and 3.89 g, respectively) at 75 DAP.

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