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Root sucker technique for successful clonal multiplication of Melia dubia Cav. without sacrifice of mother tree


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1 College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
 

Melia dubia Cav. is an important indigenous, short-rotation, multipurpose tree, advocated as a good raw material for pulp and plywood industries and high-quality timber for various purposes. Multiplication and conservation of its selected superior genotypes are prime challenges in commercial forestry. The present study was conducted to analyse ischolar_main sucker ability. Roots sections collected during November–December and treated with indole-3-butyric acid @ 4000 ppm in nursery beds having soil : sand : vermicompost (in the ratio of 2 : 1 : 1) started juvenile shoots emergence after 30–35 days, with 90% shoot emergence and 85% esta­blishment. No shoot emergence was observed from the ischolar_main section collected during February–March. The clonal bank established in this process attained a dia­meter of 5–8 cm (10–12 cm above ground) in one year. The study shows that the ex situ detached ischolar_main sucker protocol route can be adopted for cloning M. dubia without sacrificing the superior genotypes

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Clonal propagation, Melia dubia, mother tree, ischolar_main sucker, superior genotypes.
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Authors

N. S. Thakur
College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
H. T. Hegde
College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
R. S. Chauhan
College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
R. P. Gunaga
College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India
D. C. Bhuva
College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396 450, India

Abstract


Melia dubia Cav. is an important indigenous, short-rotation, multipurpose tree, advocated as a good raw material for pulp and plywood industries and high-quality timber for various purposes. Multiplication and conservation of its selected superior genotypes are prime challenges in commercial forestry. The present study was conducted to analyse ischolar_main sucker ability. Roots sections collected during November–December and treated with indole-3-butyric acid @ 4000 ppm in nursery beds having soil : sand : vermicompost (in the ratio of 2 : 1 : 1) started juvenile shoots emergence after 30–35 days, with 90% shoot emergence and 85% esta­blishment. No shoot emergence was observed from the ischolar_main section collected during February–March. The clonal bank established in this process attained a dia­meter of 5–8 cm (10–12 cm above ground) in one year. The study shows that the ex situ detached ischolar_main sucker protocol route can be adopted for cloning M. dubia without sacrificing the superior genotypes

Keywords


Clonal propagation, Melia dubia, mother tree, ischolar_main sucker, superior genotypes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv121%2Fi9%2F1235-1237