Research Article | Published: 01 June 2006

Rooting ability of Padauk (Pterocarpus dalbergioides)

A. Venkatesh and C. B. Pandey

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 29 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 131-133 | 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2006-UQTY2S | Cite this article

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to test the rooting ability of Padauk from the stem cuttings. Stem cuttings were collected from young tree and grouped in to small (1.0-1.3 cm diameter) and medium (2.0-2.3 cm diameter) with the length of 25-30 cm. The cuttings were treated in IAA and IBA in the concentration of 100, 200 and 400 ppm for 24 hrs besides dipping in rooting mixture and water soaked control. The results revealed that the medium sized cuttings treated with IBA 100 ppm exhibited maximum rooting per cent (62.0), which is on par with IBA 200 ppm, IBA 400 ppm and IAA 400 ppm. The similar trend was observed in small sized cuttings but it was comparatively less. The longest root length (28.0 cm) and shoot length (38.3 cm) was observed in IBA 100 ppm treated cuttings.

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Venkatesh, A. and Pandey, C.B., 2006. Rooting ability of Padauk (Pterocarpus dalbergioides). Indian Journal of Forestry, 29(2), pp.131-133. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2006-UQTY2S

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