Effect of different rooting media on rooting characters of date palm offshoots cv. KCCL-63
Keywords:
Date palm, Indole-3-butyric acid, offshoots, propagation, rooting mediaAbstract
Date palm is an important fruit crop of arid and semi-arid regions of India. It is propagated through offshoot and tissue culture. Healthy and uniform offshoots were selected and replicated thrice under factorial concept. IBA treatment (I) (I,= 1000 mg la1 IBA; I1 = without IBA) and types of media (M) (M1= sandy soil + decomposed FYM; M,= sandy soil + vermicompost; M, = cocopeat; M1= sandy soil + cocopeat; M,= sandy soil + sawdust; M= sandy soil) were two factors. There were no significant differences with and without application of IBA on number of roots but length of roots have increased on application of IBA. Among the media, cocopeat has shown higher number of roots and root length compared to other medias. Usage of cocopeat along with IBA has shown better results in both root length and number of roots.
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