Nursery Growth Performance Of Fruit Tree Cuttings Propagated Using Different Pre-Treatments In Bindura, Zimbabwe
- Author
- Tinotenda Dick
- Title
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Nursery Growth Performance Of Fruit Tree Cuttings Propagated Using Different Pre-Treatments In Bindura, Zimbabwe
- Abstract
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This study compared the effectiveness of natural and artificial hormones on growth performance (height) and root development of fruit tree cuttings in Bindura, Zimbabwe. Pre-treatments that were applied to select fruit tree cuttings included natural hormones namely honey, aloe-Vera , onion juice and banana peel powder( soaked for 5 minutes) , Artificial hormone in different concentrations namely gibberellic concentrations of 0,5mls and 0.7mls (soaked in 5 minutes) and Control with untreated fruit tree cuttings. A completely randomised design was used for this study. Black polythene pots were used for planting the pre-treated different fruit tree cuttings. Results obtained from this study showed the effectiveness of pre-treatments in fruit tree cuttings treated with Honey and Aloe-Vera was seventy five per cent (75%) in Avocado and Orange trees, gibberellic showed twenty per cent (20%) performance.
This study showed that there is significant difference in performance of pre- treatments in growth and root development of fruit tree cuttings (p ˂ 0.05). Results obtained from this study indicated that treating fruit tree cutting with aloe-Vera and honey produce good results in growth and root development. Nursery growth performance was measured in terms of height for a period of twelve weeks. Fruit tree cuttings subjected to Aloe-Vera juice recorded highest mean height over the period of twelve weeks. This study recommends aloe-Vera and honey (natural hormones) for growth performance and root development of fruit tree cuttings.
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- Date
- June 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Nursery growth
- Fruit
- Pre-Treatments
- Supervisor
- N/A
- Item sets
- Department of Natural Resources
- Media
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