ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
NASIRUDDIN SHAIKH1*, S.D. RAMTEKE2, A.V. MANE3, U.B. PETHE4, V. URKUDE5
1ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Manjiri Farm, Pune, 412307, Maharashtra, India
2ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Manjiri Farm, Pune, 412307, Maharashtra, India
3Dr Balasaheb Sawant Kokan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415712, Ratnagiri, India
4Dr Balasaheb Sawant Kokan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415712, Ratnagiri, India
5ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Manjiri Farm, Pune, 412307, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : nasiruddin.shaikh1992@gmail.com
Received : 28-09-2018 Accepted : 12-10-2018 Published : 15-10-2018
Volume : 10 Issue : 19 Pages : 7328 - 7330
Int J Agr Sci 10.19 (2018):7328-7330
Keywords : Clove, Seedling, Vermicompost, Propagation media, Sand, Soil, Coco Peat and Tricoderma viridae
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Dr Balasaheb Sawant Kokan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, 415712, Ratnagiri, India. Authors also thankful to ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Manjiri Farm, Pune, 412307, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed
The study was carried out to explore the effect of different propagation media on the growth and survival of clove (Syzygium aromaticum L. Meer.) seedlings. The trial was conducted at Dr Balasaheb Sawant Kokan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri during the year 2014-15 in dept. nursery. The experiment was designed on Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD) having three replications per treatment. Different treatments of propagation media like Sand, Soil, FYM, Coco Peat, Vermicompost and Tricoderma were given alone or in combination to clove seedling. The observations on seedling height, internode length, number of leaves, leaf area, root length, total chlorophyll, vigour index and survival percent were recorded. The results revealed that the influence of T4 (Sand + Soil + Coco Peat + Tricoderma drenching) was found significantly superior over other treatments and resulted in tallest plants (11.40 cm) with longest internodes (3.80 cm), more number of leaves (9.73), peak leaf area (31.50 dm-2 plant -1) and highest total chlorophyll (1.92 mg g-1), vigour index (195.41), more root length (12.21 cm) and highest survival percent (96.17 %) as compared to other propagation medias
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