Pak. J. Bot., 44(2): 683-686, 2012.

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	GROWTH RESPONSE OF VARIOUS OLIVE CULTIVARS TO DIFFERENT CUTTING LENGTHS EHSAN ULLAH², AZMAT ALI AWAN¹, SAYED JAFFAR ABBAS¹, FARHATULLAH² SHAISTA MASROOR¹ AND OWAIS KHAN¹ Abstract: The experiment was conducted to study growth response of 5 olive cultivars to different cutting lengths at Agricultural Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar. Hardwood stem cuttings of 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35cm were taken from cultivars Azarbaijan, uslu, Improved Nabali, Manzallino and Leccino. Maximum number of shoot (5.51), shoot length (22.29cm), root length (12.60cm) and survival (65.55%) were recorded by cultivar Azerbaijan at 20cm cuttings length, while early day to sprouting (33.24) and maximum number of roots (15.39) were found in cultivar Azarbaijan at 15cm cuttings length. ¹Agricultural Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar ²Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar

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