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Effect of some plant extracts on hardwood cuttings of Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis)

Hemn Abdalla Mustafa·Tariq Abubakr Ahmad·Aram Akram Mohammed·Zainab Sabah Lazim·Chopi Omer Ibrahim·Roshna Faeq Kak bra·Shvan Ramzi Salih
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The study was conducted at the Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq so as to investigate response hardwood cuttings of Callistemon viminalis to some plant extracts. The hardwood cuttings were taken on 11 March 2021 and soaked separately in 3 and 6 g/L aqueous extracts of moringa leaf, licorice root, willow shoot, fenugreek seed and cinnamon bark for 1 hour. They were compared to the cuttings dipped in 3000 ppm IBA for 10s and control cuttings which were soaked in distilled water for 1 hour. The experiment laid out in CRD with three replications in a greenhouse, and each replication included six cuttings which planted in a mixture of sand and rice husk medium. The results showed that the highest (86.66%) rooting was achieved in the cuttings treated with 6 g/L licorice extract and they were significantly different with control cuttings (53.33%), but they were not significantly different with 3000 ppm IBA (66.66%). Cinnamon 3g/L and fenugreek 3g/L extracts gave the lowest (6.66% and 33.33%, respectively) rooting and other studied parameters. The cuttings dipped in 3000 ppm IBA gave the highest (18.91) root number and the highest (66.66%) survival cuttings after transplanting. The longest root (15.54 cm) was found in cuttings were treated with 6 g/L moringa extract. The longest (5.83 cm) shoot was observed in treated cuttings with 3 g/L willow extract. The highest chlorophyll a and b (10.08 and 4.62 mg/L, respectively) were observed in cuttings treated with 6 g/L willow extract. Moreover, 3000 ppm IBA gave the highest (20.23%) total carbohydrate and (1.77 mg/g) IAA content along with 6 g/L licorice, moringa and fenugreek extracts, after 30 days from planting of the cuttings. Licorice root extract at 6 g/L fairly improved the measurements similar to 3000 ppm IBA throughout the study.

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Hemn Abdalla Mustafa, Tariq Abubakr Ahmad, Aram Akram Mohammed, Zainab Sabah Lazim, Chopi Omer Ibrahim, Roshna Faeq Kak bra, Shvan Ramzi Salih. 2023-09-09. Effect of some plant extracts on hardwood cuttings of Bottlebrush (Callistemon viminalis). https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12032

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