Effect of rooting media and number of nodes on growth and leaf yield of chaya (<i>Cnidoscolus aconitifolius McVaugh</i>) at Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia

Yesuf, Fantahun; Mohammed, Wassu; Woldetsadik, Kebede; Tejada, Manuel

doi:10.1080/23311932.2021.1914383

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“…White potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a perennial crop belonging to the Solanaceae family grown mainly for its tubers (Spooner et al, 2014). First cultivated 8000 years ago by the Peruvian farmers in Peru's Central Andes; now it has more than 4000 different cultivars grown globally (Niekerk et al, 2016;Lutaladio et al, 2009).…”

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Rooting response of white Potato (Solanun tuberosum L.) stem cuttings under three different conditions

2023

Int. J. Biosci.

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The need to produce a cheap alternative and farmer level technology in the production of clean planting materials of White Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) prompted the investigation on the rooting response of clones from stem cuttings of different age and number of nodes under different concentrations of synthetic plant hormone Alpha-Naphthalene Acetic Acid (ANAA). A zero generation (G0) mother plant was used as a source of clones to examine whether it could produce roots in a sterilized medium. In a replicated split-split plot experimental design with three factors such as the age of the mother plant, number of nodes and levels of growth regulator, we found that roots emerged from clones 18 days after planting in a sterilized river sand. Significant effect on rooting was influenced by the age of cuttings (p=0.0058), number of nodes (p=0.0058) and ANAA (p=<0.0001). Moreover, significant interactions were found among age of cuttings, number of nodes and ANAA concentrations on rooting (p=0.0044). Implications for the feasibility of mass producing clean planting materials from cloning G0 mother plant are discussed.

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Rooting response of white Potato (Solanun tuberosum L.) stem cuttings under three different conditions

2023

Int. J. Biosci.

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Influence of rooting media, number of nodes and seedling growing methods on rooting, seedling establishment and early growth of Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius McVaugh) stem cuttings at Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia

Chala¹,

Mohammed²,

Woldetsadik³

2022

Arch Anat Physiol

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Establishment of seedling growing method(s) is priority activity to the distribution of newly introduced vegetable crops. Chaya is proposed as candidate vegetable crop to distribute in eastern Ethiopia. However, recommendation is lacking for rooting media and type of cutting to produce seedlings. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess effect of rooting media and number of nodes on rooting, seedling establishment and early growth of chaya at Dire Dawa from February 2018 to July 2018. Three level of rooting media (top soil only, 3:2:1 top soil: farmyard manure: sand, 3:1 top soil: farmyard manure), three levels of node number (2, 3, 4) and two seedling growing methods (seedbed/bare root and polyethylene bag) in factorial combinations were evaluated in completely randomized and randomized complete block designs with three replications for nursery and field experiments, respectively. Seedling growing methods significantly influenced all traits, rooting media, number of nodes and interaction of the main factors had significant effect on percentage of root initiated cuttings. Fresh and dry weight of leaves and roots, dry weight of leaves and root significantly influenced by interaction of the three factors. The seedlings raised on seedbed filled with 3:1 top soil: farmyard manure (91.6%) and stem cuttings with four nodes (92.7%) showed high percentage survival. Generally, either one or more of the three main factors rooting media, number of nodes and seedling growing method or one or more of the possible two and three main factors interactions significantly influenced the seedlings growth and establishment of seedlings at the field. In conclusion, chaya seedlings from cutting responded well to type of rooting media containing top soil: farmyard manure: sand, cutting length with three and four nodes and growing method (seedbed). Therefore, in the study area it could be advised to use combined mixtures of 3:2:1 top soil: farmyard manure: sand and stem cutting with four nodes grown on nursery bed and field establishment.

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Stem Cutting, Rooting, and Shoot Growth Potentials of Some Hedge Plant Species as Influenced by Number of Nodes

Owolabi,

Adediran,

Udeh

et al. 2024

Ann Trop Res

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Root and shoot initiation, as well as seedling growth after planting a stem cutting, is critical for ensuring seedling establishment. This study was carried out at the Department of Horticulture Nursery, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, to examine early rooting and shoot development of landscape hedge plants during propagation with respect to the number of nodes per cutting. Species used were Duranta repense Linn., Duranta erecta Linn., Variegated Duranta erecta Linn., Ficus retusa Linn., Ixora coccinea Linn., Acalypha inferno Linn., Acalypha wilkesiana Mull. Arg. Hamelia patense Jacq., Boungainvillea glabra Wild. and Alternanthra dentata Scheygr. Stem cuttings of each of the ten species with 2, 3 and 5 nodes constituted the treatments arranged in Completely Randomized Design with three replicates. Time of root and shoot emergence, rooting percentage observed daily from one day after planting (DAP), number of leaves, seedling height, number of sprouted cuttings were measured weekly from 2 weeks after planting (WAP) and stem girth (at 15cm seedling height) 4 WAP. Fresh root and fresh shoot biomass were measured at 16 WAP. The result revealed that the number of nodes per cutting and the plant species had significant effects on the time to root, shoot initiation, cutting height, and number of leaves, stem girth, fresh root and shoot biomass. Duranta species performed best for all of these parameters while Bougainvillea glabra produced the lowest shoot biomass. Days to shoot initiation was not significantly different (p≤0.05) across the number of nodes for all species, ranging between 8 and 10 days after planting (DAP). Time to root was also similar regardless of the number of nodes across species with all species rooting at a range of 14-28 DAP. All the species used in this study, except Ficus retusa can be classified as easy to propagate because of their early root formation and relatively fast shoot initiation, indicating their potential suitability for use as hedge plants.

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Effect of rooting media and number of nodes on growth and leaf yield of chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius McVaugh) at Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia

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Rooting response of white Potato (Solanun tuberosum L.) stem cuttings under three different conditions

Rooting response of white Potato (Solanun tuberosum L.) stem cuttings under three different conditions

Influence of rooting media, number of nodes and seedling growing methods on rooting, seedling establishment and early growth of Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius McVaugh) stem cuttings at Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia

Stem Cutting, Rooting, and Shoot Growth Potentials of Some Hedge Plant Species as Influenced by Number of Nodes

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