Air-Layering through <I>Sphagnum</I> Moss in <I>Elaeocarpus angustifolius</I> Blume (Rudraksha)-Commercially Important Tree Species

Praveen Kumar Verma; Niren Das; Vishavjit Kumar; Pawan. K. Kaushik; Alok Yadav

doi:10.36808/if/2016/v142i9/102542

Air-Layering through Sphagnum Moss in Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume (Rudraksha)-Commercially Important Tree Species

Authors

Praveen Kumar Verma Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Niren Das Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat (Assam)
Vishavjit Kumar Environment Management Division, ICFRE, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Pawan. K. Kaushik Center for Forest Livelihood and Extension, Agartala (Tripura)
Alok Yadav Environment Management Division, ICFRE, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2016/v142i9/102542

Keywords:

Macro-Propagation, Air-Layering, Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Sphagnum.

Abstract

The present paper-deals with an easy air-layering method using two species of Sphagnum (S. papillosum and S. khasianum) as substrate media in commercially important Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume. This substrate medium is easy to apply, time saving with minimal involvement of tools and further labour input, it also surpass many problems faced by other means of propagation.

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