Research Article | Published: 01 March 2015

Vegetative propagation through stem cuttings and air layering in Salacia malabarica Gamble, Bull. - an endemic climber of Southern Western Ghats

Abdul Azeez Hussain

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 38 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 91-93 | 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-W18D0F | Cite this article

Abstract

Salacia malabarica  (Celastraceae), an important endemic climber of the southern Western Ghats is found very poor seedling bank in this natural habitats. This will lead to the untimely endangerment of the species in near future. The present study is therefore, aimed to develop and standardize the clonal propagation techniques through stem cuttings and air layering methods with the aid of auxins. The highest rooting of 90% was achieved with the use of NAA-1000 ppm from tender stem cuttings of 10-12 years old plant and air layering success was also found to be 80% by the use of NAA-1000 ppm  from the same age of plants used for stem rooting.

Keywords

Vegetative Propagation, Stem Cutting, Air Layering, Salacia malabarica, Western Ghats, endemic, climber

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Hussain, A.A., 2015. Vegetative propagation through stem cuttings and air layering in Salacia malabarica Gamble, Bull. - an endemic climber of Southern Western Ghats. Indian Journal of Forestry, 38(1), pp.91-93. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-W18D0F

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2015

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