Rooting abiliy of Gynura procumbens through stem and leaf cuttings

Syafiqah Nabilah Samsul Bahari, . and Muhammad Aidil Mohd Hamiri, . and ures Kumar Muniandi, . and Farah Fazwa Md. Ariff, . and Norhayati Saffie, . (2022) Rooting abiliy of Gynura procumbens through stem and leaf cuttings. International Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Plantation (Malaysia), 12. pp. 97-100. ISSN 2462-1757

Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. (Family Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant commonly found in tropical Asia countries such as China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Traditionally, it is widely used in many countries for the treatment of a wide variety of health ailments such as kidney discomfort, rheumatism, diabetes mellitus, constipation, and hypertension. Due to its medicinal values, there is a great potential to develop various products from this species. To maintain a sustainable raw material supply in the manufacturing of G. procumbens products, propagation of this plant on a large scale will be a key step. This article provides information on the feasible vegetative propagation method for G. procumbens through leaf and stem cuttings. Healthy cuttings were obtained from an adult donor plant and were pretreated with fungicide and rooting hormone Seradix 3 before being transplanted on rooting media containing cleaned coarse river sand. The rooting ability and shoot production from cuttings were observed and data on root number and root length was recorded after 10 weeks in nursery condition. The stem cutting recorded higher survivability and produced greater root number and root length with the average of (27.0 and and11.2 cm respectively) as compared to leaf cutting with average root number of 19.4 and, root length of 10.7cm. The cuttings were transplanted into polyethylene bags containing rooting substrates with a mixture of topsoil, sand, and compost (2:3:1) and the shoot production were monitored. The shoot emergence was observed on the stem cuttings in the 10 weeks of observation. Leaf cuttings were able to generate sufficient, normal-appearing adventitious root with the aid of rooting hormone however, failed to produce any shoots. Thus, all rooted leaf cuttings started to wilt and died at the end of the experiment. Stem cutting is recommended to be used for vegetative propagation of G. procumbens for the mass production of good planting materials.

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Abstract

Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. (Family Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant commonly found in tropical Asia countries such as China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Traditionally, it is widely used in many countries for the treatment of a wide variety of health ailments such as kidney discomfort, rheumatism, diabetes mellitus, constipation, and hypertension. Due to its medicinal values, there is a great potential to develop various products from this species. To maintain a sustainable raw material supply in the manufacturing of G. procumbens products, propagation of this plant on a large scale will be a key step. This article provides information on the feasible vegetative propagation method for G. procumbens through leaf and stem cuttings. Healthy cuttings were obtained from an adult donor plant and were pretreated with fungicide and rooting hormone Seradix 3 before being transplanted on rooting media containing cleaned coarse river sand. The rooting ability and shoot production from cuttings were observed and data on root number and root length was recorded after 10 weeks in nursery condition. The stem cutting recorded higher survivability and produced greater root number and root length with the average of (27.0 and and11.2 cm respectively) as compared to leaf cutting with average root number of 19.4 and, root length of 10.7cm. The cuttings were transplanted into polyethylene bags containing rooting substrates with a mixture of topsoil, sand, and compost (2:3:1) and the shoot production were monitored. The shoot emergence was observed on the stem cuttings in the 10 weeks of observation. Leaf cuttings were able to generate sufficient, normal-appearing adventitious root with the aid of rooting hormone however, failed to produce any shoots. Thus, all rooted leaf cuttings started to wilt and died at the end of the experiment. Stem cutting is recommended to be used for vegetative propagation of G. procumbens for the mass production of good planting materials.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	medicinal plants
AGROVOC Term:	Asteraceae
AGROVOC Term:	vegetative propagation
AGROVOC Term:	cuttings
AGROVOC Term:	rooting
AGROVOC Term:	nursery ponds
AGROVOC Term:	biomass production
AGROVOC Term:	fungicides
AGROVOC Term:	adventitious roots
Geographical Term:	China
Depositing User:	Mr. Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	20 May 2026 06:32
Last Modified:	20 May 2026 06:32
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3908

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