Effect of Biofertilizers, Cow Urine, Vermicompost and IBA on Performance of Cutting of Fig (Ficus carica L.)

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during the year 2022-2023 in Kharif and Rabi season. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with ten treatments and three replications. The different treatments were viz. T0: Control, T1: PSB @ 5ml/kg of rooting media, T2: Azotobacter @ 5ml/kg of rooting media, T3: Azospirillum @ 5 ml/kg of rooting media, T4: Cow urine @ 5ml/kg of rooting media, T5: Cow urine @ 10ml/kg of rooting media, T6: Cow urine @ 15ml/kg of rooting media, T7: IBA @ 3000 ppm, T8: IBA @ 5000 ppm, T9: Vermicompost @ 50g/kg of rooting media. The result revealed that minimum number of days to first sprouting (11.68 days), maximum sprouting percent (83.33%), number of shoots per cuttings (2.59), average length of shoot (34.46 cm) and numbers of leaves per cuttings (21.27) were found in Azospirillum @ 5 ml/kg of rooting media. While, the maximum number of roots per cutting (96.52), average length of root (27.73 cm) and survival percent (84.11%) were observed in fig cuttings treated with IBA @ 3000 ppm.