Impact Of IBA, NAA, And Rooting Medium on The Biochemical Traits of Fig (Ficus Carica L.) Stem Cuttings

Abstract

The present study on Impact of IBA, NAA, and rooting medium on the biochemical characteristics of fig (Ficus carica L.) stem cuttings conducted at Division of Horticulture, SAS, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India during the period 2024 – 2025. It was laid out in Factorial Complete Randomized Design (FCRD) having Factor I – 3 levels of growing media (S1 – Top soil: vermicompost: perlite (1:2:1), S2 – Top soil: peat: sawdust (1:2:1) and S3 – Control) and Factor II – 5 levels of plant growth regulators (G1 – IBA @ 3000 ppm, G2 – IBA @ 5000 ppm, G3 – NAA @ 3000 ppm, G4 – NAA

@ 5000 ppm, G5 – Control) consisting of fifteen treatments with three replications. The highest Chlorophyll ‘a’, ‘b’ and total chlorophyll content (1.72 mg g-1), Chlorophyll ‘b’ content (1.65 mg g-1), total chlorophyll content (2.65 mg g-1), leaf area (105.75 cm2) was observed in S2G2 (Top soil: peat: sawdust (1:2:1) + IBA @ 5000 ppm). The higher total sugars (1.12 per cent) registered in S2G1 (Top soil: peat: sawdust (1:2:1) + Indole Butyric Acid @ 3000 ppm) and peroxidase activity (10.52 min-1 mg-1) recorded in S1G1 (Top soil: vermicompost: perlite (1:2:1)

+ Indole Butyric Acid @ 3000 ppm) respectively.