NATURAL ROOT PROMOTING SUBSTANCES FOR ROOTING OF HORTICULTURE CROPS

Abstract

Natural plant extracts are a cost-effective and environmental friendly alternative to synthetic plant growth regulators and phytohormones. Some plant extracts also help in root development as they contain some component which supports the root development. Extract of Tulsi, Aloe vera and Cinnamon are used very much in this time. Some of the phytochemical constituents of Tulsi are oleanolic acid,  ursolic acid,  rosmarinic acid,  eugenol,  carvacrol,  linalool, and β-caryophyllene (about 8%). Tulsi essential oil consists mostly of eugenol (~70%) β-elemene (~11.0%), β-caryophyllene (~8%), and germacrene (~2%), with the balance being made up of various trace compounds, mostly terpenes. Also Aloe vera extract contains nutrient, vitamin, enzymes, amino acid , sugars as well as plants sterols, gibeerellins and salicyclic acid and are associated with improvement in vegetative growth particularly root. As Cinnamon used as a rooting agent is as useful as willow water or hormone rooting powder. A single application to the stem when plant the cutting will stimulate root growth in almost every plant variety occur. Pour a spoonful onto a paper towel and roll damp stem ends in the cinnamon. As it has a natural antibacterial, antimicrobial agent, that works as a fungicide. This allows the natural rooting auxins that are found in the green growth of your cuttings to thrive without competition.