Effect of rooting media and IBA treatments on success of propagation through terminal cuttings in guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Taiwan Pink

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to investigate the effect of three rooting media(coco peat, vermiculite and saw dust) and Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) treatments [250 ppm, 500 ppm and 750 ppm (in solution form) and 1500 ppm, 3000 ppm and 6000 ppm (in powdered form)] on different rooting and shooting parameters viz., percentage of rooted cuttings, number of shoots per cutting, number of leaves per cutting, dry weight of shoots per cutting, survival percentage of rooted cuttings, percentage mortality of rooted cuttings and establishment of rooted cuttings in terminal cuttings of guava cv. Taiwan Pink. It was observed that coco peat showed highest values among the 3 different rooting media and among 6 different IBA treatments, 3000 ppm showed the best results.