Effect of Different Lengths of Cuttings on Percentage of Survival and Establishment of Jasmine (Jasminum sambac L.) var. Local

An experiment was conducted on effect of different lengths of cuttings on percentage of survival and establishment of Jasmine (Jasminum sambac L.) var. Local” in the experimental site of Instructional Farm-I, Nuagaon, Shampur which is operated under Institute of Agricultural Sciences (FAS) Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar during September 2022 to May 2023. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with four replications and nine treatment combinations consisting of three types of cuttings viz., hardwood cuttings (T1), semi hardwood cuttings (T2) and terminal cuttings (T3) and three types of lengths viz., 15cm (L1),20 cm (L2) and 25 cm (L3). Among three different levels of length of cuttings tried, parameters like days taken for sprouting (32.61) and days taken for establishment (41.42) were observed to be minimum in 25cm length of cuttings. Besides, maximum number of sprouts per cutting (1.81), number of shoots per cutting (1.60), length of longest shoot per cutting (14.02 cm), number of leaves per rooted cutting (8.27), length of longest root (9.91cm), survival percentage of rooted cuttings (46.25%), number of roots per cutting (15.13) and leaf area of the largest leaf (12.27cm2 ) were recorded in 25 cm length of cuttings. Different levels of lengths could not influence the days taken for sprouting and survival percentage of rooted cuttings significantly. Hence, adoption of 25 cm length of cuttings was found to be most suitable for establishment and survival of Jasminum sambac var. Local which can be recommended to the flower growers for its commercial cultivation in and around Bhubaneswar.