Effect of IBA, boric acid and wounding treatments on rooting and growth of stem cuttings in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

The experiment was laid out using Factorial RBD with 10 chemical and mechanical treatments (i.e. control, IBA 1000 ppm, IBA 2000 ppm, IBA 1000 ppm + Boric Acid 1%, IBA 2000 ppm + Boric Acid 1%, Wounding, IBA 1000 ppm + Wounding, IBA 2000 ppm + Wounding, IBA 1000 ppm + Boric Acid 1% + Wounding, IBA 2000 ppm + Boric Acid 1% + Wounding). The stem cuttings when treated with IBA 2000 ppm + Boric acid 1% + Wounding had recorded significantly earliest sprouting and highest survival, shoot and root growth of stem cutting.