Impact of Different Seasonal Growth Conditions on the Rooting Behaviour of Olive Cuttings
Impact of Different Seasonal Growth Conditions on the Rooting Behaviour of Olive Cuttings
Muhammad Jan1*, Muhammad Ashraf Sumrah2, Muhammad Azhar Iqbal1, Inam-ul-Haq1, Attiq Ur Rehman1, Javeria Sherani3, Muhammad Imran3 and Rizwan Latif4
ABSTRACT
The highest price and demand of olive oil and other value-added products enforcing the farmer of Potohar area to cultivate marginal land in Pakistan. Currently, more than 5.00 million olive plants had been planted over an area of 40450 hectares in the area of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Punjab, Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Balistan (GB). This is only possible due to availability of certified olive plants in a bulk quantity. Center of Excellence for Olive Research and Training (CEFORT) is playing a pivot role in this regard as a source for availability of certified plants. To meet the increasing demand for the olive plants nursery production technologies should be optimized according to over local conditions. In this context, a study was designed at CEFORT BARI, Chakwal in order to find which season is suitable for maximum rooting. Five olive varieties from Germ Plasm Unit (GPU), of Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Chakwal were selected. Thousand cutting of each were planted during mid-August- mid October (S1) and mid-January- mid March (S2). All standard nursery protocol were followed to get maximum rooting and survival percentage. Results of study revealed that the rooting ability of oil purpose varieties is more as compare to table purpose olive varieties. Maximum rooting was observed in olive variety BARI Zaitoon-1 followed by Koroneiki, Arbosana, Arbiquina, and Monzanillo. In case of cutting plantation mid-August to mid-October (S1) was found most suitable time period in order to get maximum survival rate. Commercial nursery owners should use this time window to produce maximum number of plants.
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