Performance of Lagerstroemia cuttings in different soil media
1997
Jamal, T. | Ishtiaq, M. | Khan, S. (NWFP Agricultural Univ., Peshawar (Pakistan). Dept. of Horticulture)
Stem cuttings were taken from two species of Lagerstroemia viz., Lagerstroemia indica and Lagerstroemia speciosa, and planted in seven different soil media viz, sand + sawdust (1:1), silt + sawdust (1:1), clay, sand + silt + clay (1:1:1), sand + silt + sawdust (1:1:1), silt + clay (1:1) and sand + clay (1:1). It was evident from the data that media had a significant effect on the shoot length; number of leaves; length, thickness and weight of first grade roots; number, length and weight of second grade roots; number of third grade roots; shoots thickness; stem weight and shoot weight. However, plant height, thickness of first grade roots; number of sprouted cuttings and percent plant survival were not significantly affected by the media. Species-media interaction was not significant for all parameters except shoot length and weight. L. speciosa showed maximum shoot length (99.94 cm), number of leaves (42.95), number of first grade roots (20.86), second grade roots (251.86), and third grade roots (616.29), length of first grade roots (204.86 cm) and second grade roots (686.33 g), shoot thickness (0.62 cm), stem weight (40.85 g), shoot weight (25.32 g), weight of first grade (4.84 g) and second grade roots (1.55 g). The overall performance of L. speciosa was better in all media. On the basis of growth and rooting, in media sand + silt + sawdust both the species performed well.
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