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Spine gourd is a perennial, dioceous climbing creeper belongs to family Cucurbitaceae and commonly known as Kartoli. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of different concentrations of IBA, types of cutting and rooting media on days required for sprouting, survival percentage growth of cuttings of kartoli. The cuttings taken from the tip, middle and basal portion of the vine were dipped into 250, 500, 750 and 1000 ppm of IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid) solution and planted in different rooting media such as Soil + Sand + FYM, Soil + Sand + Vermicompost and Soil + Sand + Cocopeat in 1:1:1 proportion. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized Block Design with two replications. The observations on days required for sprouting, survival percentage, length and number shoots and roots per cutting were recorded at 30 and 90 DAP. The data revealed that, the days required for sprouting, survival percentage and growth of cuttings of kartoli were found to be significantly influenced by the different concentrations of IBA, types of cutting and rooting media. Interactions between IBA concentrations (G), types of cutting (C) and rooting media (M), the treatment combination of G 4 C 1 M 1 recorded significantly minimum number of days (10.15) required for sprouting, the highest survival percentage (80.00) as compared with the remaining treatment combinations. The maximum length of main shoot and root were recorded in the treatment combination of G 4 C 1 M 1 (153.15 cm and 27.80cm), respectively and the highest numbers of shoots (6.10) and roots (132.80) per cutting were noticed in the same treatment combination as compared with the other treatments under study at 90 DAP.

The present investigation was undertaken in randomized block design with two replications during rabi-2018 at Instructional-cum-Research Farm, RCSM College of Agriculture, Kolhapur. A set of 15 germplasm of French bean viz. Phule Suyash, Phule Surekha, Contender, Sevil, Arka Suvidha, Arka Komal, IC -039081, IC -28008, EC -28304, EC -500354, EC -500377, Selection -9, Falguni, Vaishnavi and EC -530909 was evaluated. The data indicated the significant differences with respect to growth and yield among the various germplasm of french bean. The earliest 50% flowering was seen in Contender (33.13 days) whereas the maximum number of days required for 50% flowering was in IC- 0339081 (45.60 days) closely followed by Falguni (42.20). As far as the numbers of primary branches per plant, Arka Suvidha had 2.70 at 30 DAS and 3.80 at 45 DAS while the germplasm IC-28008 recorded the highest number of secondary branches per plant (6.80 and 8.60) at 45 and 60 DAS, respectively. The tallest plants were observed in Phule Surekha (22.90 cm) at 30 DAS while at 45 and 60 DAS, taller plants were noticed in IC-28008 (78.70 and 93.75cm, respectively). The number of pod cluster per plant was found to range from 28.60 (EC-28304) to 12.00 (Selection-9). The highest pod length and width were noticed in Selection -9 and Phule Surekha (14.29 cm and 1.51cm, respectively) whereas the least pod length was found in Phule Surekha and Vaishnavi (9.21cm and 0.69cm, respectively). The highest number of pods per plant (162.40), individual pod weight (3.85g) and number of seeds per pod (7.60) were higher in EC -500354 which resulted in higher yield per hectare (34.73 t) followed by Arka Komal (24.22 t) and Phule Surekha (21.42 t.).