Enhancing Germination and Graftability of Magnolia Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.)

Abstract

The study was conducted at the University of Southern Mindanao Agricultural Research Center (USMARC), Kabacan, Cotabato Philippines from November 2018 to March 2019 employing a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) layout and analysis. Nine media treatments replicated three times with ten samples each treatment were considered for statistical analysis. The result of the study revealed that the germination of magnolia jackfruit is unaffected by the different growing media. A 100% germination was revealed in all treatment used. In terms of plant height and diameter, vermicompost performed better compared to all other treatments. On the number of leaves, its ordinary garden soil that gave higher count. The graftability percentage success using conventional method reported that vermicompost and combination of ordinary garden soil (OGS), compost soil (CS), find sand (FS), vermicompost (VS), and vermicast (V) showed significant influence on the grafting success of the magnolia jackfruit stocks. This findings concluded that success of conventional grafting methods is dependent on the growing media.