EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS AND PROPAGATION MEDIA ON THE PROPAGATION OF HYBRID LILIES THROUGH SCALING

SOFI M NAYEEM¹, NASIR HAMID MASOODI²*
¹Division of Soil Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, 190019, Jammu and Kashmir, India
²Division of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, 190019, India
* Corresponding Author : nayeemnan1141@gmail.com

Received : 09-03-2018     Accepted : 07-05-2018     Published : 15-05-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 9       Pages : 5924 - 5927
Int J Agr Sci 10.9 (2018):5924-5927

Keywords : Bulblets, Cocopeat, Perlite and Vermiculite
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi for funding this project. Author also thankful to Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, 190019, Jammu and Kashmir
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of growth regulators which includes NAA (500 ppm), IBA (500ppm) and NAA (500ppm)+ IBA (500ppm) and propagation media which includes Cocopeat, perlite +vermiculite (1:1) and sand +soil+ FYM 91:1:1) on propagation of three cultivars of Lilium namely; Navona (A), Parrano (O) and yellow diamond (O), the results pertaining to different parameters are as Days taken to bublet formation, Number of bulblets formed, average weight of bulblet, circumference of bulblet and propagation index. The data reveals that Earliest scale bulblet formation (29.1 days) was recorded in cv. Navona. Similarly, earliest bulblet formation (35.6 days) noticed when scales were planted in perlite and vermiculite (v/v; 1:1) propagation media. In case of growth regulators, minimum days taken to bulblet formation (31.2 days) were recorded with IBA 500 ppm. The maximum number of bulblet formation (2.0) was recorded in ‘Navona’ which was statistically at par with cultivar ‘Parrano’ (1.8). In case of propagation media, maximum bulblet formation (2.0) was recorded with perlite and vermiculite. Among cultivars, maximum weight of bulblets formed (3.32 g) was recorded in cv. ‘yellow diamond’ which was statistically at par with cv. ‘Parrano” (3.09 g)’.

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