Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Effect of etiolation, wrapping materials and media on growth characteristics and survival of air layering in guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Allahabad Safeda
Author(s): HJ Chaudhari, BH Panchal, SR Vasava and CB Parmar
Abstract: An experiment entitled “Effect of etiolation, wrapping materials and media on rooting and survival of air layering in guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Allahabad Safeda†was carried out at Horticultural Research Farm, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during June – November 2017. The experiment was laid out in completely randomized design (Factorial) with three factors i. e. etiolation, wrapping materials and media, with two levels in etiolation, two levels in wrapping materials and five levels in media, with three repetitions of each level. The results revealed that etiolation (E1), black poly wrapper (W1) and media (M2) had significantly influenced on air layers shoot and root growth characters. Shoot characters viz, incremental length of shoots, incremental number of leaves, incremental number of branches were found to be significantly higher in treatment etiolation (E1), black poly wrapper (W1) and sphagnum moss media (M2). With regards to root characters viz, maximum root length, number of primary and secondary root were recorded significantly higher in E1, W1, and M2. Relative growth rates were observed significantly higher at 60 days in treatment E1 and also at 30 and 60 days in treatment M2. Survival percentage of air layers at detachment (45 days), 30 days and 60 days after planting found to be significant. The highest survival percentages (77.97%), Maximum root length (10.75 cm), number of primary and secondary roots (12.66 and 40.33 respectively) were recorded in treatment combination E1 ×M2 (etiolation and media). Based on this investigation etiolation with black poly wrappers (200 gauge) and use of sphagnum moss proved to be better for growth and survival of air layers of guava.
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HJ Chaudhari, BH Panchal, SR Vasava, CB Parmar. Effect of etiolation, wrapping materials and media on growth characteristics and survival of air layering in guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Allahabad Safeda. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):2314-2317.
