The Effect of IBA and PH on Rooting of Tea Cuttings

Authors : Abdulkadir YAVAŞİ, Muharrem ÖZCAN

Pages : 76-82

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Publication Date : 2018-07-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was conducted to investigate the effects of rooting medium pH and IBA treatments in rooting of tea cuttings. In the study, 10 tea genotypes with ‘Tuğlalı’ are used as materials and perlite is used as the rooting medium. In the experiment, the effects of three different pH levels insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(7.0, 5.5, and 3.5); and 3 different applications of IBA insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(0, 4000, and 6000 ppm); on rooting tea cuttings and growth of tea sprouts were investigated. According to the findings of the study, the best results in the tea plants are taken from 6000 ppm IBA and 5.5 pH applications. In 6000 ppm IBA, rooting rate is 65.26 %, the most advanced root length is 4.90 cm, the root number is 4.97 units and the root quality is defined as 1.33. In cases where the rate of rooting medium pH is 5.5, rooting rate is 69.69 %, the most advanced root length is 9.41 cm, root number is 8.70 units and root quality is seen as 1.70.  As the growth rate of tea cuttings, 3.5 pH insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(79.28 %);; in terms of the ratio of growth length, 6000 ppm IBA insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(7.96 cm); and 3.5 pH insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(9.20 cm); have given the best results. When all the results are evaluated together, 6000 ppm IBA treatment at 5.5 pH level is recommended for rooting and quality sapling production.
Keywords : Tea, Cutting, IBA, pH, Rooting