Abstract
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is a drought-tolerant, high-value fruit crop known for its nutritional and medicinal properties. Widely cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions, it plays a significant role in dryland horticulture due to its adaptability, high economic returns, and export potential. However, commercial propagation of pomegranate, particularly the Super Bhagwa variety, is often hindered by poor rooting and uneven establishment of hardwood stem cuttings. To address this, the present study investigated the effect of different bioinoculants and their combinations on the vegetative performance of pomegranate cuttings under polyhouse conditions. Eleven treatments involving individual and consortial applications of Trichoderma harzianum, Glomus fasciculatum (VAM), Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas fluorescens were evaluated. The results showed significant enhancement in early sprouting, shoot proliferation, leaf development, and root growth in bioinoculant-treated cuttings compared to the untreated control. The consortium treatment T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens) recorded the best performance, with the earliest sprouting (6.50 days), highest shoot count (10.89), leaf production (93.86 leaves/cutting), and superior root biomass (6.69 g dry weight; 34.6 cm root length). These results suggest that integrated microbial inoculants significantly improve the propagation efficiency and vigor of pomegranate cuttings and may be recommended as a sustainable nursery practice for quality planting material production.
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Claim · model-written summary
Bioinoculants significantly improved early sprouting, shoot proliferation and leaf development versus untreated cuttings.
- Taxon
- pomegranate
Punica granatumt0 - Treatment
- bioinoculant-treatede0
- Outcome
- early sprouting, shoot proliferation, leaf developmente0
- Direction
- enhancemente0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
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Verbatim
e0“significant enhancement in early sprouting, shoot proliferation, leaf development, and root growth in bioinoculant-treated cuttings compared to the untreated control”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Bioinoculants significantly improved root growth versus untreated cuttings.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- bioinoculant-treatede0
- Outcome
- root growthe0
- Direction
- enhancemente0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
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Verbatim
e0“significant enhancement in early sprouting, shoot proliferation, leaf development, and root growth in bioinoculant-treated cuttings compared to the untreated control”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Consortium T₁₀ produced the earliest sprouting at 6.50 days.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens)e0
- Outcome
- sproutinge0
- Direction
- earlieste0
- Value
- 6.50 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“The consortium treatment T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens) recorded the best performance, with the earliest sprouting (6.50 days)”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Consortium T₁₀ gave the highest shoot count at 10.89.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens)e0
- Outcome
- shoot counte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 10.89e0
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Verbatim
e0“The consortium treatment T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens) recorded the best performance, with the earliest sprouting (6.50 days), highest shoot count (10.89)”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Consortium T₁₀ produced 93.86 leaves per cutting.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens)e0
- Outcome
- leaf productione0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- 93.86 leaves/cuttinge0
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Verbatim
e0“The consortium treatment T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens) recorded the best performance, with the earliest sprouting (6.50 days), highest shoot count (10.89), leaf production (93.86 leaves/cutting)”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Consortium T₁₀ gave superior root dry weight of 6.69 g.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens)e0
- Outcome
- root biomasse0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Value
- 6.69 g dry weighte0
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Verbatim
e0“The consortium treatment T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens) recorded the best performance, with the earliest sprouting (6.50 days), highest shoot count (10.89), leaf production (93.86 leaves/cutting), and superior root biomass (6.69 g dry weight; 34.6 cm root length)”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Consortium T₁₀ gave superior root length of 34.6 cm.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens)e0
- Outcome
- root lengthe0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Value
- 34.6 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The consortium treatment T₁₀ (VAM + T. harzianum + B. subtilis + P. fluorescens) recorded the best performance, with the earliest sprouting (6.50 days), highest shoot count (10.89), leaf production (93.86 leaves/cutting), and superior root biomass (6.69 g dry weight; 34.6 cm root length)”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend integrated microbial inoculants for sustainable nursery production of quality pomegranate cuttings.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatume0
- Treatment
- integrated microbial inoculantse0
- Outcome
- sustainable nursery practice for quality planting material productione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“integrated microbial inoculants significantly improve the propagation efficiency and vigor of pomegranate cuttings and may be recommended as a sustainable nursery practice for quality planting material production”
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