PJB-2025-65
Saad Hussain Shah
Abstract
Ficus carica (Fig) is a native Asian tree with great nutritional, cultural, and environmental significance. The consequences of climate change and shortening growing seasons necessitate for a cost-effective, season independent, simple and potent propagation method. Invitro propagation has enormous potential but high cost of commercial substances is the primary barrier in dissemination of technology to end users. Plant Natural Growth Substances (PNGS) are cheap and locally available alternatives that can reduce the cost of the technology. In the present study, fig cuttings were treated with both commercial and PNGS for 48 hours followed by transplantation into the soil. Murashige and Skoog media (1/10 X) supplemented with respective growth hormones/regulators was used as watering medium. All of the PNGS performed at par with their commercial counterparts. PNGS-1 and PNGS-4 showed comparatively better responses than both the standards and control. PNGS supplemented media produced root primordia earlier which in turn promoted earlier root induction and higher survival rates. Furthermore, PNGS-1 and PNGS-4 increased root lengths and an increase in number of roots was recorded under media containing PNGS-1, 2, and 4. Overall PNGS-4 showed the most significant results followed by PNGS-1. In conclusion, PNGS extracts outperformed the commercial counterparts and exhibited highly significant results. PNGS can safely be described as highly potent and cost-effective alternatives to commercially available growth hormone and regulators. They enhance the applicability and affordability of invitro-propagation for fig and other woody plants
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