Claim · model-written summary
Agar was better than perlite and sand for root elongation of apple rootstocks.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- agare3
- Outcome
- root elongatione3
- Direction
- bettere3
- Comparator
- perlite and sande3
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Verbatim
e1“tissue culture raised apple rootstocks of 'Malling' series”
e3“Among various substrates tested for root elongation, agar was found better than perlite and sand”
Title
COMMERCIALLY FEASIBLE PROTOCOL FOR ROOTING AND ACCLIMATIZATION OF MICROPROPAGATED APPLE ROOTSTOCKS
M. Modgil; T. Sharma; M. Thakur Acta Horticulturae 2009. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2009.839.25
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation In vitro rooting of apple rootstock shoots was best with root induction in dark on IBA-containing MS medium followed by root elongation without IBA.
- Intervention effect Liquid medium in place of agar gave maximum rooting with good shoot quality in apple rootstocks.
- Intervention effect Apple rootstock plants grown in coco peat showed maximum survival compared with soil-containing medium.
- Observation In vitro elongated apple rootstock shoots were rooted ex vitro successfully in coco peat after root initiation in liquid medium in dark.
- Observation Nearly 95% hardening of apple rootstocks was achieved from October to March, compared with summer and rainy months.
- Intervention effect Apple rootstock plants transplanted to the field in March–April established more successfully than in the rest of the year.
- Observation Apple rootstock plants in the field showed satisfactory survival and growth six months after transplanting.