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Abstract                 Volume:6  Issue-11  Year-2019          Original Research Articles

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Effect of different substrates on the mass production of vivo plantlets of smooth cayenne cultivar of pineapple (Ananas comosus) in the western highlands of Cameroon
Asafor Henry Chotangui*, Charly Kenhoung, Marie Solange Mandou and Eric Bertrand Kouam
Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon
 
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Abstract:

A study was conducted to investigate the potential of local waste materials as appropriate media for the propagation of smooth cayeenne pineapple (Ananas comosus). Nine propagation media replicated three times in a randomized block design included; soil, sawdust, compost, white wood chips, soil + sawdust, sawdust + compost, sawdust + white wood chips, compost + white wood chips and sawdust + compost + white wood chips. Defoliated stems obtained after harvest were splitted longitudinally and sown in substrates. Data on the number of suckers and microclimate show that the temperature and relative humidity within the propagators ranged between 22.30-30.70oC and 76-90%, respectively. Sucker initiation and development was faster and higher in the compost and compost-containing substrates. Compost produced the highest number of suckers (55) with 34.53%, 58.18% and 7.27% of suckers produced in the first, second and third month, respectively.  Suckers produced during the first (6.33±0.33) and second months (17.00±3.78) were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than in the other substrates. White wood chips produced the lowest number of suckers (48) with 72.92% produced during the third month. However, the number of suckers produced three months after sowing for all the substrates showed no significant difference (P > 0.05).

Keywords: Ananas comosus,Microclimate,Propagation,Substrates,Suckers
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Chotangui, A. H., Kenhoung, C., Mandou, M. S., Kouam, E. B., 2019. Effect of different substrates on the mass production of vivo plantlets of smooth cayenne cultivar of pineapple (Ananas comosus) in the western highlands of Cameroon.Int.J.Curr.Res.Biosci.Plantbiol. 6(11): 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrbp.2019.611.001
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