Effect of potting media on per cent germination and growth of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) grafts cv. Konkan prolific

Abstract

Among the tropical fruits, Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) is an important underutilized fruit and often called the poor man’s fruit because of its affordability and availability in large quantities during the season. The jackfruit trees are raised by seeds and therefore the progenies do not breed true to type and show many variations. Hence, vegetative propagation methods are must in jackfruit. For this standardization of its germination of seedlings and vegetative propagation techniques plays an important role. Hence, experiment proposed entitled “Effect of potting media on per cent germination and growth of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) grafts cv. Konkan Prolific” was conducted at Fruit Crop Nursery of Department of Horticulture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli during 2012-2013. In this experiment eight potting media were tried in Randomized Block Design and replicated at thrice. Among the different potting media Soil + FYM (1:1) media gave higher seed germination, seedling growth and vigour up to 30 days.