PJB-2019-351
Micropropagation of Prosopis cineraria (L.) using three different growing media
Naila Manzoor
Abstract
The research was designed to develop newer practice for the micropropagation of Prosopis cineraria. For that motive, forcing of softwood logs obtained from mature stem of P. cineraria was carried out. Shoot logs were cut from large stem of jand, brought into laboratory and were sterilized before growing. Three media (peat moss, loam soil and sand) were prepared and three stem logs were kept in each media. Results showed that softwood logs grown in peat moss media produced the highest number of shoots, leaves, buds and abridged shoot length in contrast to loam soil and sand media, whereas lowest growth attributes were observed under softwood logs grown under sand media. In Conclusion, it is suggested that this plain micropropagation practice devised for P. cineraria propagation from softwood logs should be exercised for large-scale plantation of this multiuse tree under greenhouse and field conditions.
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