C.v. - Poona Fig Naveen Poonia, Saket Mishra and Vijay Bahadur
Abstract
Fig (Ficus racemosa) is one of the important commercial sub-tropical crops which is a good source of vitamins and minerals. It is grown throughout the world except the places with extreme temperature and high altitude. So, to find out the âEffect of different growing media on growth and establishment of rooted fig cuttings under Prayagraj Agro-climatic conditions (Ficus racemosa) c.v. - Poona figâ. a field experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbotham University of Agriculture, Technology and Science, Prayagraj, U.P-211007 during the year 2022-2023. The experiment comprised of 9 treatments of three different growing media i.e., Coco peat, Vermicompost and FYM at different ratio for planting. The main objective of the experiment was to evaluate the root and vegetative growth of fig cutting with their success in the Prayagraj agro-climatic zone. From the present investigation treatment T5 (Coco peat + Vermicompost (1:1)) was found best with maximum amount of sprouting percentage (100%) and least mortality percentage. It also showed the best root growth parameters with maximum root length 48.6cm @75DAP and maximum number of roots per cutting 48.6 @75DAP. It also showed best vegetative growth parameters with maximum shoot length 8.1cm @75DAP, highest number of leaves with 6.8 @75 DAP, maximum plant height after transplanting 41.6 cm.