Abstract
Effects Of Dıfferent Medıa On Rootıng Of Sage (Salvia Officinalis L.)
This research was carried out at the University of Ankara. Faculty of Agriculture experi-mental field and greenhouse of Field Crops Department. In this study fresh pearlite used pearlite sand the mixture of sand and pearlite mixed soil were used as a rooting media. Cut¬tings were collected on the date of 14 th of April (before flowering) and planted to the strong-boxes containing different media. Green (alive) cutting rate was 46 % in mixed soil while all cuttings survived (100 %) in other four media used, Root formation on green cut¬tings was not observed in mixed soil. The highest number of rooted cuttings (92.0 %) and root number per cutting (7.75) were recorded in fresh pearlite. Similar results were obtained in all four media used regarding root length.
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