Effect of different types of cuttings and IBA levels on pomegranate cuttings

The present investigation was conducted at Commercial Fruit Nursery, College of Horticulture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during three years (201013). The experiment was laid out in factorial completely randomized design, comprising two types of cuttings (semi-hardwood and hardwood) and different IBA concentrations (50, 100, 200, 2500, 5000 ppm IBA and control), replicated thrice. The results of three years pooled data revealed that hardwood cuttings had maximum sprouting (72.62) and success (55.42) percentage. Shoot and root length (21.50 and 20.30 cm, respectively) and number of shoots, number of leaves and number of roots per cutting (20.87, 68.45 and 26.34, respectively) were maximum in the same treatment. In case of different IBA levels, IBA 5000 ppm had higher success percentage (74.24), number of leaves per cutting (80.72) and root length (22.84 cm). However, IBA 2500 ppm recorded maximum sprouting percentage (75.25), shoot length (25.55 cm), number of shoots per cutting (28.33) and number of roots per cutting (31.59).