Evaluation of pot mixture for propagation of bamboo species (Bambusa tulda) Raja K.*, Sivasubramaniam K., Geetha R., Anandham R.1 Department of Seed Science and Technology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai – 625 104 (India) 1Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Agricultural College and Research Institute TNAU, Madurai – 625 104 (India) *Corresponding author e-mail: kraja_sst@rediffmail.com
Online published on 16 February, 2013. Abstract An experiment was conducted to find out the suitable pot mixture for the improvement of the vigour of the seedlings in Bambusa tulda. Pot mixture containing soil + sand + vermicompost (2:1:1) recorded the maximum seedling survival (82.5%), seedling height (131.3 cm) and number of offsets (12.4) at 10 months after sowing. Top Keywords Bamboo, Bambusa tulda, Biofertilizers, Nursery mixture, Seed propagation, Vermicompost. Top |