Vegetative propagation of pomegranate

Pomegranate is commercially propagated by cuttings. Use of optimum concentration of IBA, type of cutting and optimum rooting media would help in rapid multiplication of pomegranate cuttings. The success percent of pomegranate cuttings depends on many factors such as conditions of the mother plant, rainfall, time of operation, temperature fluctuation, aftercare etc.

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Pomegranate can be propagated by seed, air layering, grafting, shoot cuttings and tissue culture. Seed propagation is used to raise the rootstocks that can be utilized for germplasm conservation and rootstocks breeding purpose. Vegetative propagation methods are used to multiply selected genotypes that bring similar character in form of clones having similar characters to mother plant. Vegetative propagation techniques (hard wood cutting, layering) are practices to raise the saplings for commercial production in pomegranate, because it perpetuates all characteristics of each cultivar.

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The investigation conducted at Fruit Nursery Block, Department of Horticulture, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Jaipur) Rajasthan during February 2018 to July 2018 entitled "Effect of Growing Media on Rhizogenesis and Growth of Rooted Stem Cuttings of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Phule Bhagwa Super” under open field condition. The experiment comprising different type of media and their combination viz. Sand , Sand +FYM, Sand + Cocopeat, Sand +Perlite, Sand +Vermiculite , Sand +Soil+ FYM, Sand + Soil+ Cocopeat, T8Sand + Soil + Perlitet, Sand +Soil + Vermiculite.

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