Vol. 7 (3) : May-June 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (3) : 702-705 ; May-June, 2016
Effect of rooting media on growth, survival and economics production of air layers of guava cv. Sardar
RAVINDRANATH N.1*, S.N. PATIL2, SATISH P.3, ANUPAMA H.4 and SUNKAM M.5
Dept. of Fruit Science, College of Hortic., Bagalkot, University of Hortic. Sciences, Bagalkot - 587 104 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,4,5P.G. Student *(ravindranaik108@gmail.com), 2,3Asstt. Professor
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
Paper No. : P-3896
Total Pages : 4
Received : 01 July 2015
Revised accepted : 11 April 2016
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Citation :
RAVINDRANATH N., S.N. PATIL, SATISH P., ANUPAMA H. and SUNKAM M. 2016. Effect of rooting media on growth, survival and economics production of air layers of guava cv. Sardar. Green Farming Vol. 7 (3) : 702-705 ; May-June, 2016
ABSTRACT
The experiment was carried out during the year 2014-15 at Division of Fruit Science, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot with fifteen different rooting media and with their combinations in guava cv. Sardar. Among the treatments, the sphagnum moss and coco peat was found to be better rooting media. Number of leaves (12.33), number of shoots (3.66) and survival percentage (72.22 %) was higher in sphagnum moss. The plant height at 30 and 60 days (30.70 cm and 31.23 cm) respectively after transferring of layers to polybags, fresh and dry weight of roots (0.52 g and 0.36 g) respectively and leaf area (5.07 cm2) was found to be maximum in coco peat. The coirpith recorded lesser number of primary, length, longest, diameter of primary roots and survival percentage.
Key words :
Air layers, Guava, Leaf area, Primary roots, Rooting media, Root weight, Secondary roots.
