Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2593-9173
ISSN: 2593-9173
Department of Plant Protection Karachi, Pakistan
Research Paper
Effects of Auxin and Media Additives on the Clonal Propagation of Guava Cuttings (Psidium guajava L.) Var. Chinese Gola
Author(s): Umbreen Shahzad*, Abdul Kareem, Khadija Altaf, Shah Zaman, Allah Ditta, Qudsia Yousafi and Phoebe Calica
Clonal propagation is a process of asexually reproducing plants by multiplication of one copy to produce several copies that are genetically identical. One of the best methods of clonal propagation is using the cuttings. There are many plants that can be propagated through cuttings and one of them is guava. Guava is popular in Pakistan. To ensure that a guava tree will produce fruits that belong to its original cultivar, this study was conducted. Softwood cuttings of guava were treated with IBA (1600 ppm and 2000 ppm), NAA (7000 ppm and 10,000 ppm) and IBA+NAA (1600+7000 ppm and 2000+10,000 ppm). There were five media used (Soil, Peatmoss+Soil, Sand+Soil, Baggasse+Soil and Soil+Peatmoss+Sand+Bagasse. The experiment was laid out using Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) with two-factor factorial arrangement. A total of 105 cuttings were used, each with 12 cm length and with 2-4 n.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2593-9173.19.10.265