DETERMINATION OF SUITABLE CUTTING SIZE FOR ROOTING OF PEAR CUTTINGS CV. PATHARNAKH

NAVPREET KAUR¹, AMARJEET KAUR²*
¹Department of Horticulture(Agriculture), Khalsa College, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143001 India
²Department of Horticulture(Agriculture), Khalsa College, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143001 India
* Corresponding Author : dr.amarjitkaur30@gmail.com

Received : 17-06-2018     Accepted : 23-06-2018     Published : 30-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 12       Pages : 6445 - 6448
Int J Agr Sci 10.12 (2018):6445-6448

Keywords : Pear, Cuttings, Apical, Basal, Sub-apical, Patharnakh, Survival, Rooting, Sprouting
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Khalsa College, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143001 India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

In the present investigation entitled Determination of suitable cutting size for rooting of pear cv. Patharnakh conducted at the nursery of Department of Horticulture, Khalsa College, Amritsar during 2017-2018 an attempt was made to propagate the pear cv. Patharnakh through stem cuttings without any rooting hormonal treatments. The cuttings were selected with three different lengths, viz. 20 cm (L1), 30 cm ( L2), 40 cm ( L3), and 50 cm ( L4) and three types (T1) apical, (T2) sub-apical and (T3) basal. The cuttings were planted in the nursery and observed for days to first sprouting, sprouting and survival percentage, rooting percentage, number of roots, and their fresh and dry weight on 90 days after planting. It is clear from the results that the treatment T3 and L4 proved to be the best in terms of minimum days to first sprouting (25.33), maximum sprouting percentage (61.66%), survival percentage (87.67%), rooting percentage (86.66%), number of roots per cutting (5.00), root length (10.50 cm), maximum fresh weight (0.69 g) and dry weight (0.55g) respectively .

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