Rooting response of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) stem cuttings to auxin treatments of napthalene acetic acid and indolebutyric acid
Date
5-1996
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Major Course
Major in Horticulture
College
College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Severino E. Cuevas
Abstract
The rooting response of Theobroma cacao L. stem cuttings to auxin treatments of 0, 25, 100 and 1,000 ppm concentrations of napthalene acetic acid (NAA) and indolebutyric acid (IBA) were determined.
Cuttings were obtained from mature orthotropic branches of 'Trinitario' cacao. The cuttings were soaked in solution form of the growth regulators with various concentrations for 30 minutes, prior to planting in sand rooting medium under continuous mist during daytime.
Rooting response of cacao stem cuttings was most favorable when treated with 100 ppm concentration of NAA and IBA Eight weeks after treatment, the number of cuttings that rooted was higher, the count of roots per cutting was higher, roots were longer, the percentage rooting was higher, and the percentage deterioration was lowest
Language
English
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Call Number
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Aquino, Wilfredo P., "Rooting response of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) stem cuttings to auxin treatments of napthalene acetic acid and indolebutyric acid" (1996). Undergraduate Theses. 10220.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/10220
Document Type
Thesis