Response of hardwood cuttings of brown Turkey fig to planting time and auxin concentration

Present investigation was conducted on hard wood cuttings of fig cv. Brown Turkey by treating with various Indole -3-butyric acid (IBA) concentrations viz. 500, 1000, 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500 ppm and distilled water (Control). These IBA treated hardwood cuttings of fig were planted at different intervals of time i.e. 1st January, 15th January, 1st February and 15th February and data were collected at 30, 60 and 90 days after planting. Fig cuttings treated with IBA 3500 ppm and planted on 1st February showed maximum sprouting percentage (25.07, 57.58 and 76.66, at 30, 60 and 90 DAP, respectively), number of shoots per cutting (5.40 and 5.89 at 60 and 90 DAP, respectively), fresh weight of shoot (26.49 and 51.50g at 60 and 90 DAP, respectively), dry weight of shoot (9.63 and 19.53 g at 60 and 90 DAP, respectively) and maximum number of roots per cutting (25.50, 32.00 and 35.16 at 30, 60 and 90 days after planting respectively), fresh weight of root (0.91, 1.51 and 1.89 g 30, 60 and 90 DAP, respectively) dry weight of root (0.53, 0.64 and 0.70g at 30, 60 and 90 DAP, respectively) and highest survival percentage (70.51%) was also recorded in same cuttings after 90 days. This was followed by cuttings treated with 4500 ppm IBA planted on 1st February.