Vol. 8, Issue 12, Part H (2025)
Abstract
The present experiment entitled, “Effect of different concentration of rooting hormone (IBA) and rooting media on growth, survival and success percentage of Citrus-Lemon Cuttings” was designed with an objective to study the effect of different concentration of IBA on root growth and survival of cuttings in citrus. The experiment was conducted at the student instructional field and Shed-net House, Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences, G. H. Raisoni University Saikheda, Dist.- Pandhurna (M.P.) during Rainy Season of Year 2023. The experiment consists in ten treatments with control and replicated three times, the experiment laid out under Randomized Block Design, the observation recorded under the treatments such as T1- Control (Garden soil), T2- 500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand (1:1), T3 - 500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + FYM (1:1:1), T4- 500 ppm IBA +Garden soil + Sand + Leaf mould (1:1:1), T5- 1000 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand (1:1), T6- 1000 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + FYM (1:1:1), T7- 1000 ppm IBA +Garden soil + Sand + Leaf mould (1:1:1), T8- 1500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand (1:1), T9- 1500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + FYM (1:1:1) and T10- 1500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + Leaf mould (1:1:1). The observation was recorded under the experiments like days taken to start sprouting, percentage of cutting takes, percentage of success of cuttings, length of shoot (cm), number of shoots per cutting and number of leaves per shoot. The result revealed that the earliest sprouting was observed in T9 (1500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + FYM, 1:1:1), which initiated within 9.12 days, followed closely by T10 (1500 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + Leaf mould) and T7 (1000 ppm IBA + Garden soil + Sand + Leaf mould). In contrast, the control (T1) exhibited delayed sprouting, requiring 15.36 days. Treatment T9 recorded the maximum percentage of cutting takes (79.55%) and success (83.45%), followed by T10 (75.89% and 80.89%) and T7 (74.76% and 80.15%). The control, however, exhibited the lowest performance, with only 46.39% cutting takes and 55.69% success, while the lowest value was observed under control.
