A study was conducted to elucidate the effect of pre-conditioning treatments, IBA and collection time on the rooting of semi-hardwood cuttings of kiwifruit under intermittent misting at Dr YS Parmar university of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, HP during the year 2008–09. The experiment comprised of eight treatments viz blanching, girdling, IBA @ 5000 ppm, blanching + girdling, blanching + IBA @ 5000 ppm, girdling + IBA @ 5000 ppm and blanching + girdling + IBA @ 5000 ppm. The cuttings under control treatment were untreated. These treatments were given in three months viz mid of May, June and July. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications per treatment. The results obtained from investigations revealed that the treatment of blanching by covering with black adhesive tape just above a node in second week of June followed by girdling with the thin metallic wire just below a node in first week of July and IBA @ 5000 ppm application done at the time of planting of semi-hardwood cuttings collected in mid July improved various root and shoot characteristics viz fresh and dry weight of roots, shoot length, shoot diameter fresh and dry weight of shoots.
Kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry, semi-hardwood cuttings, mist propagation
