Variation in Rooting Response of Shoot Cuttings in Twenty Clones of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.

The ischolar_maining behaviour is important for selecting clones for multiplication, as hard-toischolar_main clones are likely to increase the cost of production of propagules substantially. In this experiment, ischolar_maining ability of nodal shoot cuttings of 20 clones of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. were studied under intermittent mist conditions. Out of twenty clones, clone No. 33 (Tulsipur, Gonda), 24 (C.B. Ganj, Bareilley), 10 (Pathri, Haridwar), 237 (Banketwa, Gonda), and 9 (Chiryapur, Bijnor) produced the maximum shoot diameter, dry weight of ischolar_main and shoot, number of ischolar_mains and average ischolar_main length of resultant plants. Propagules of these clones could be produced of plantable size in less than 121 days.