Effects of Growth Hormones on the Propagation of Queen of the Night (Mussa endaphilippica)

Abstract

An experiment work was carried out in the horticultural nursery of the Crop Production Department Federal University of Technology Gidan-Kwano campus minna on a Latitude 6030’E and Longitude 9040’N and between the period of April to August, 2018. The study was carried out to determine the effects of Coconut water and Apple vinegar on growth and flower yield of the plant Queen of Philippine (Mussaenda philipica). The plant was cut to sizes of 15 cm each using a secateurs and was propagated in a poly pot. The experiment was laid down in a complete randomized design, replicated five times. Two different growth hormones: Coconut water and Apple vinegar were used at different dipping duration while a replicate of the plant were planted without immersing in any growth hormone, this serve as the control. The result indicates that there was a significant different at (P≤0.05) on the number of leaves, leaf area and Shoot length with Stem treated with Coconut water and Apple vinegar when compare to the control at 5, 8 and 9 weeks after planting showed that stem dipped in coconut water had good performance in growth parameters than those dipped in coconut water had good performance in growth parameters than those dipped in Apple vinegar. Dipping duration was also significantly different from each other such that the stem cutting dipped in coconut water for three hours performed better than any other dipping duration. While there was also significant different (P≤0.05) dipping duration between Coconut water and that of the Apple vinegar. It therefore indicates that Coconut water and Apple vinegar can be explored as a potential growth hormone in plant breeding.