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EFFECT OF HORMONAL AND SOIL TREATMENT ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF VALUABLE MEDICINAL PLANT ACORUS CALAMUS LINN
Anand Singh Bisht and Ajay Ballabh Bhatt*
ABSTRACT Acorus calamus is an important Himalayan medicinal herb and the species needs immediate attention and priority for conservation due to over exploitation and increasing demand in herbal market. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was aimed to enhance the growth performance percentage of Acorus calamus using hormones and trying various soil compositions under nursery conditions. Treatment of rhizome by various concentrations of hormones and soil treatment (litter addition) improved growth performance. These findings can be utilized for producing propagates of the species for domestication and cultivation to realize commercial requirements Keywords: Growth Hormone, Medicinal Plant, Growth Performance, Fresh weight [Download Article] [Download Certifiate] |