Effect of different types of cutting and planning date of <em>Conocarpus lancifolius</em>

Author : Mohamed, Safaa M.; Ghatas, Y.A.A.; Sami, S.S. and Naguib, A.M.

Two Field experiments on Conocarpus lancifolius were carried out at El-Qanater Horticultural
Research station, Kalubiya, Governorate, Egypt for two successive seasons of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 to
evaluate the influence of planting date (March, July and September) and cutting types (terminal, medium and
woody) and the combination effect between planting date and cutting type. Results revealed that terminal cutting
type significantly improved the number of leaves/plant, roots fresh weight/plant, root length, root number/ plant
and root volume cutting compared to the other cutting types under study. Moreover, medium cuttings type gave
the highest values of plant height (cm), leaves fresh weight (g) and branch number/plant compared to the other
dates under study in most cases during both seasons. In addition, planting date in July recorded the highest values
of leaf number per plant, plant height, root number per cutting and root length compared to the other planting
dates in both seasons. However, the lowest root and vegetative characteristics were recorded when planting in
March. In general, the best combination treatment in enhance growth and root parameters was the of terminal
cuttings type when planting in July month compared with the other combination treatments.

Keywords : Conocarpus lancifolius, cutting types, planting date.,

Received:1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM; Accepted: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM