Effect of Chemical Treatment on Rooting Response of Juvenile Stem Cuttings of <I>Quercus leucotrichophora</I> (BAN OAK)

S. Nautiyal; Sajad Razvi; Rakesh Prakash; D. P. Nautiyal

doi:10.36808/if/2013/v139i11/40622

Effect of Chemical Treatment on Rooting Response of Juvenile Stem Cuttings of Quercus leucotrichophora (BAN OAK)

Authors

S. Nautiyal Plant Physiology Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun 248006
Sajad Razvi Plant Physiology Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun 248006
Rakesh Prakash Plant Physiology Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun 248006
D. P. Nautiyal Plant Physiology Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun 248006

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2013/v139i11/40622

Keywords:

Quercus leucotrichophora, Juvenile Cuttings, Propagation, IBA

Abstract

The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of chemical treatment (IBA) on rooting, primary root number and root length of the cuttings of Himalayan evergreen oak (Quercus leucotrichohora Camus). A significant variation at P<0.05 level was observed on mean rooting percentage in two concentrations % IBA. The per cent rooting and primary root numbers improved markedly upon application of both concentrations. Maximum per cent rooting (36) was recorded in cuttings treated with IBA 4000 ppm followed by (28) IBA 2000 ppm, while it was only 24 per cent rooting in control (cuttings treated with telicam powder only). Primary root number was also maximum in the cuttings treated with IBA 4000 ppm.

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