Vegetative Propagation through Juvenile Shoot Cuttings of Melia composita Willd.

Melia composita is a fast growing tree species popularly grown in homesteads and agroforestry plantations. Effects of 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm of IBA, IAA and NAA were studied on the ischolar_maining ability, sprouting percentage, sprout length, number of leaves, number of ischolar_mains and length of ischolar_mains in juvenile shoot cuttings of Melia composita from March 2005 to September 2005 under intermittent mist conditions. IBA 3000 ppm produced the best results giving 57.14% ischolar_maining, 3.92 ischolar_mains per ischolar_mained cutting and 4.31 cm mean ischolar_main length in 45-50 days. Among the months, July planted cuttings gave the best results. The technology can be used to multiply superior genotypes for tree improvement and mass propagation for afforestation programmes.