To Study the Effect of Willow Extract on Apple Cuttings for Different Time Duration

Abstract

An experiment on “To study the effect of Willow extract on Apple cuttings for different time duration” was conducted in Agricultural Research Station Baffa, Mansehra during the growing season 2017. The experimental design was RCBD with three replication. There were 4 treatment consisting of control (To treatment) T1 (dipping of Apple cutting in extract for 4 hours), T2 (dipping of Apple cutting in extract for 6 hours) and T3 (dipping of Apple cutting in extract for 8 hours). Each treatment consists of 30 cuttings. The experimental results revealed that there is a significant effect on apple cutting after treatment with the willow extract. The data showed that the maximum sprouting percentage (97.183) was noted for the T1(04 hours) which is at par with (96.407)  for T2 (06 hours) and (95.850) T3 (08 hours), maximum plant height (20.567 cm) was noted for T3 (08 hours), maximum number of roots per plant (14.093) were noted for the T3 (08 hours), maximum root length (14.093 cm) were observed in the T3 (08 hours) which is at par with (11.810 cm) noted in the T2 (06 hours), maximum plant diameter (1.3700 cm) was noted for T3 (08 hours), maximum number of branches per plant (5.1633 ) were recorded for the T3 (08 hours) which is at par with (4.6167) noted for T2 (06 hours), while the minimum sprouting percentage was observed in the T0 (control treatment) 91.707, minimum plant height (10.440 cm) was recorded for the T0 (control), minimum number of roots per plant (5.620) were noted in the T0 (control treatment), minimum root length (6.623 cm) was noted for T0 (control treatment) closely followed by (8.877 cm) for the T1 (4 hours), minimum plant diameter (0.1667cm) was recorded for the T0 (control treatment) which is at par with (0.2533 cm) noted for the T2 (04 hours), minimum number of branches (2.1533) were recorded for the T0 (control treatment). Keywords: apple, cuttings, auxin, willow, plant height, plant diameter, root length, number of roots and number of branches et

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