Spine gourd is a perennial, dioceous climbing creeper belongs to family Cucurbitaceae and commonly known as Kartoli. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of different concentrations of IBA, types of cutting and rooting media on days required for sprouting, survival percentage growth of cuttings of kartoli. The cuttings taken from the tip, middle and basal portion of the vine were dipped into 250, 500, 750 and 1000 ppm of IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid) solution and planted in different rooting media such as Soil + Sand + FYM, Soil + Sand + Vermicompost and Soil + Sand + Cocopeat in 1:1:1 proportion. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized Block Design with two replications. The observations on days required for sprouting, survival percentage, length and number shoots and roots per cutting were recorded at 30 and 90 DAP. The data revealed that, the days required for sprouting, survival percentage and growth of cuttings of kartoli were found to be significantly influenced by the different concentrations of IBA, types of cutting and rooting media. Interactions between IBA concentrations (G), types of cutting (C) and rooting media (M), the treatment combination of G4C1M1 recorded significantly minimum number of days (10.15) required for sprouting, the highest survival percentage (80.00) as compared with the remaining treatment combinations. The maximum length of main shoot and root were recorded in the treatment combination of G4C1M1 (153.15 cm and 27.80cm), respectively and the highest numbers of shoots (6.10) and roots (132.80) per cutting were noticed in the same treatment combination as compared with the other treatments under study at 90 DAP.

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