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Biomass Production on the Hard Wood Stem Cutting of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) added with IBA and NAA with and without GA3

Author: Aneeta Chaudhary and J.P. Singh

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Abstract

Pomegranate is quite important fruit very rich in vitamins and minerals possessing high medicinal values. Unfortunately it has not received the attention of the scientist and growers and there is lack of genuine planting material. The quality of fruits from seedling plants is very poor therefore, an experiment was conducted at the Garden, Department of Fruit Science, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur (U.P.) in the year of 2019- 20 and 2020-21. Growth regulators e.g. IBA and NAA each at four levels i.e. 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 ppm with and without 2000 ppm GA3 along with a control (Water spray) making 18 treatments in all were tried in a Randomized Block Design replicating thrice. Application of NAA 5000 ppm in association with GA3 2000 ppm maximized the shoot parameters significantly recording 7.55 shoots per cutting, 4.78 number of branches per shoot, 21.46 cm length of shoot and 5.52 mm diameter of shoot. The next effective treatment boosting th

Keywords

IBA, NAA, GA3, shoot parameters and leaf attributes

Conclusion

It can be concluded that genuine healthy plants of pomegranate may be regenerated by hard wood stem cuttings treated with NAA 5000 ppm + GA3 2000 ppm as it was obtained by higher biomass produced. However, the cuttings treated with IBA 4000 ppm + GA3 2000 ppm exhibited better rooting performance. It is therefore suggested that systematic trials should be conducted is future using NAA 5000 ppm + IBA 4000 ppm + GA3 2000 ppm. So that the beneficial role of all the three growth regulators may be ascertained in rooting and shooting attributes together.

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How to cite this article

Chaudhary, A. and Singh, J.P. (2021). Biomass Production on the Hard Wood Stem Cutting of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) added with IBA and NAA with and without GA3. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3): 562-566.