The present experiment entitled Effects of bio control agents (Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescence) on rooting of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cuttings was conducted at nursery, Horticulture Farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.), during the period of 2018-19.The present experiment was conducted to study the effect of  bio control agents and water as control (viz., control, Trichoderma viride  @ 5% rooting media, Pseudomonas fluorescence @ 5% rooting media ) with three replication in a complete randomized design (CRD), under shade net condition. The study revealed that significant differences were existed among the treatments for different rooting and shooting parameters. Among the different treatments the earliest sprouting of cutting as well as significantly highest percentage of success, number of leaves per shoot, length of root, diameter of root, fresh weight of roots, and number of roots per cutting were observed in Trichoderma viride  @ 5% rooting media followed by Pseudomonas fluorescence @ 5% rooting media. However the performance of cutting in treatment control was inferior.

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