EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CUTTING AND PLANTING DATE OF Conocarpus lancifolius

Two Field experiments on Conocarpus lancifolius were carried out at El-Qanater Horticultural Research station, Kalubiya, Governorate, Egypt for two successive seasons of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 to evaluate the influence of planting date (March, July and September) and cutting types (terminal, medium and woody) and the combination effect between planting date and cutting type. Results revealed that terminal cutting type significantly improved the number of leaves/plant, roots fresh weight/plant, root length, root number/ plant and root volume cutting compared to the other cutting types under study. Moreover, medium cuttings type gave the highest values of plant height (cm), leaves fresh weight (g) and branch number/plant compared to the other dates under study in most cases during both seasons. In addition, planting date in July recorded the highest values of leaf number per plant, plant height, root number per cutting and root length compared to the other planting dates in both seasons. However, the lowest root and vegetative characteristics were recorded when planting in March. In general, the best combination treatment in enhance growth and root parameters was the of terminal cuttings type when planting in July month compared with the other combination treatments.