Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 447

Full Length Research Paper

Efficient propagation of an endangered medicinal plant Jurinea dolomiaea Boiss in the North Western Himalaya using rhizome cuttings under ex situ conditions

Asma Banday
  • Asma Banday
  • Department of Botany, Economic Botany and Reproductive Biology Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006. J & K, India.
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Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo
  • Irshad Ahmad Nawchoo
  • Department of Botany, Economic Botany and Reproductive Biology Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006. J & K, India.
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Zahoor Ahmad Kaloo
  • Zahoor Ahmad Kaloo
  • Department of Botany, Economic Botany and Reproductive Biology Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006. J & K, India.
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Peerzada Arshid Shabir
  • Peerzada Arshid Shabir
  • Department of Botany, Economic Botany and Reproductive Biology Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006. J & K, India.
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Ali Abbas Rather
  • Ali Abbas Rather
  • Department of Botany, Economic Botany and Reproductive Biology Research Laboratory, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006. J & K, India.
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  •  Received: 18 June 2014
  •  Accepted: 26 June 2014
  •  Published: 01 September 2014

Abstract

Jurinea dolomiaea is an important medicinal and aromatic plant species of Kashmir Himalaya. Due to its tremendous overexploitation the species has been listed as endangered for Himalayan region. In this study we carried out the propagation of J. dolomiaea using rhizome cuttings. Propagation through rhizome cuttings is a means towards conserving the species and making available planting material of this species for cultivation. Bringing more species under large-scale cultivation helps reduce the pressure on the wild stocks. We investigated the sprouting ability and percentage survival of rhizome cuttings under ex situ conditions including soil textures, moisture contents and different concentrations of Indole acetic acid (IAA), Indole butyric acid (IBA) and Gibberellic acid (GA3) treatments. A better rooting response (p ≤ 0.05) was observed with GA3 25 ppm treatment when compared to zero hormone soaked.

 

Key words: Rhizome cuttings, field capacity, Indole acetic acid (IAA), Indole butyric acid (IBA) and Gibberellic acid (GA3), vegetative propagation.

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