• Ajish Muraleedharan
• Ramesh Kumar
• J. L. Joshi
• A. J. Nainu

Chrysanthemum is one of the most popular cut flower in the world stands next to rose, belongs to the family Asteraceae. They are native to Asia and north eastern Europe. Chrysanthemum is one of the common bedding plants used in landscaping and also used in luxurious floral arrangements. The chrysanthemum plants have the ability to grow from stem cuttings. The present study was conducted at the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India, during September and October 2016. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Block design with seventeen treatments and each treatment replicated thrice, to determine the chrysanthemum cuttings response to growth regulators and growing media combination. Growth regulator used are indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) at 75 ppm and 100 ppm concentrations. Growing media used in the study are rice husk, coco peat, vermiculite and leaf mould. The combination of growth regulators and growing media shown significant results on all rooting and growth parameters. Among the different concentrations and combinations used coco peat + 100 ppm IBA (T6 ) recorded best results in number of leaves, shoot weight (g), root weight (g), root length (cm), and number of visible roots in chrysanthemum cuttings. Number of days taken for faster rooting and bud sprouting were early in cuttings planted on the coco peat medium treated with 100 ppm IBA.

Chrysanthemum, IBA, NAA, Growing media

"ROOTING OF CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROWING MEDIA AND GROWTH REGULATORS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 2, page no.313-319, February-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1702051.pdf

"ROOTING OF CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROWING MEDIA AND GROWTH REGULATORS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 2, page no. pp313-319, February-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1702051.pdf