Effect of IBA and boric acid treatments on rooting and growth of stem cutting in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Abstract

The present study was conducted at Horticultural Research Centre (HRC) of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, during 2016 and 2017. The experiment was laid out using Factorial RBD with IBA treatments (i.e. control, IBA 1000 ppm, IBA 2000 ppm, IBA 1000 ppm + Boric Acid 1%, IBA 2000 ppm + Boric Acid 1%). The stem cuttings when treated with IBA 2000 ppm + Boric acid 1% had recorded significantly highest shoot and root growth of stem cutting in pomegranate. However, among the IBA and Boric acid treatments applied to stem cuttings, poor shoot and root growth of stem cutting.