Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part G (2025)

The present investigation, titled “Studies on propagation guava through cutting” was conducted under shadenet condition during September 2021 to January 2022 at Research cum Demonstration Farm, college of Agriculture, Dhule, Maharashtra. The experiment was set in a Factorial randomized block design (FRBD) which comprised of two factors viz. different rooting media (7 treatments) and growth regulators (5 treatments) making 35 treatment combination and were replicated three times. The results revealed that the with respect to rooting medias were complementary and the treatment M₆ (Soil + potting mixture) was found to be ideal as it recorded promising performance for the characters studied except the characters days required to rooting. It recorded least days required for rooting (19.07 days). Treatment M₄ (Soil + Perlite-1:1) recorded highest percent success at 30 Days (58.63%), number of leaves per cutting at 30, 60, 90 and 120 DAP (2.74, 7.29, 12.47, 20.62), number of shoots at 30, 60, 90 and 120 DAP (0.89, 0.99, 1.53, 2.42) and at 120 DAP it showed maximum number of primary roots per cutting (2.73), maximum number of secondary roots (5.48), highest fresh weight of roots (2.97 g), highest length of root (3.34 cm), highest dry weight of roots (0.66 g) and highest survival percentage (35.36%).