Nursery Performance of Murraya koenigii from Seed in Relation to Potting Media and Hormonal Treatment of Branch Cuttings

Two experiments were laid out to study the effect of potting media and hormonal treatment on nursery performance using seed and branch cuttings respectively in Murraya koenigii. In the first experiment, four potting media-pure soil, soil: sand (1:1), soil: sand :FYM (1:1:1) and soil: sand :vermicompost (1:1:1) were used in five replications. In the second experiment, the stem cuttings were taken from healthy plants and treated with thirteen hormonal concentrations: IBA (500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 ppm), NAA (500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 ppm), IBA (500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 ppm) and control (no treatment). This experiment had three replications. The seeds sown in soil: sand: vermicompost (1:1:1) in mid July showed significantly higher germination percentage, germinative energy, survival percentage, collar diameter, number of leaves, length of primary root, fresh shoot weight, fresh root weight, dry weight, root:shoot ratio and seedling quality index. The cuttings treated with treatment IBA2000 ppm had significantly higher above ground and belowground parameters. The study implies that Murraya koenigii can be either regenerated in nursery through seed sowing in mid July using potting mixture of soil: sand: vermicompost (1: 1: 1) and also be propagatedbyplantingbranchcuttinginfirstweekofAugusttreatedwith IBA2000 ppm.