PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON Ficus benjamina PLANTS 1 :EFFECT OF CUTTING COLLECTION, IBA AND NOFATREIN ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, ROOTABILITY OF CUTTINGS AND TRANSPLANTS GROWTH | ||||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2004, Page 775-785 PDF (1.47 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2004.238508 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. A. Abdou,; M. A. Mohamed; F. A. Attia | ||||
| Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Ficus benjamina L. plant represents an important component of the foliage interior landscape. This study was carried out during 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 to investigate the effect of date of cutting and cutting dipping for 10 min. in. 3 gIL of Nofatrein (a foliar fertilizer) andlor 3000 ppm SA or a mixture of both on rooting and growth of F. benjamina cuttings. Terminal cuttings were collected and planted on first day of each month along the year. Cutting date significantly affected total carbohydrates. soluble suqars, free indoles and total phenol contents. Rootability was paralleled with cutting content of total carbohydrates. soluble sugars and free indoles. Rootability had an adverse relationship with total phenol concentration. None of cuttings planted in Jan .. Nov. or Dec. developed roots. Soth dates of cuttin~1 and cutting treatments significantly affected raotability and transplants growth. Nofctrein and/or ISA significantly improved raotability as well as the growth of developed transplants over the other untreated cuttings. Rootability was gradually increased from 34 for February planted cuttings to 87% for June planted cuttings thereafter roolability decreased to 27 % for cuttings collected in October. Hundred percentages of cuttings collected on June and treated with Nofatrein + ISA developed transplants. The tallest transplants with the highest leaf number and heaviest leaves and root dry weights were obtained when cuttings were collected in June and treated with both ISA and Nofatrein. Correlation coefficient values exhit ited significant positive correlation between rootability % and each of total carbohydrates and total free indoles, while rootability % was negatively correlated with total free phenols in both seasons. | ||||
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