Vol. 17 No. 2
Asexual propagation of Spondias pinnata Linn. as influenced by cutting length and sucrose concentration
Author(s): K. DEY, A. GHOSH, A. N. DEY, N. BHOWMICK, A. GHOSH AND F. K. BAURI
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to study the effect of different cutting length (10, 15 and 20 cm) in combination with sucrose treatment (15, 30, 45 and 60 g sucrose l-1 of water, and control) for better rooting and performance of Spondias pinnata. The cuttings were treated with various concentrations of sucrose separately each for 1 hour. The crop performance was better in terms of the earliest bud (8.88 DAP) and leaf (12.11 DAP) initiation, highest cuttings success (83%), shoot length (27.80 cm), root length (15.08 cm), collar diameter (22.22 mm), root number (23.53), root diameter (3.06 mm), fresh shoot weight (40.28 g), fresh leaf weight (15.69 g), dry shoot weight (20.68 g), dry root weight (4.65 g) and total biomass (31.31 g plant-1) with the use of cuttings (15 cm) treated with sucrose solution (15 g l-1), compared with control.
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