Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bharanidharan, A.; Umesh, B.C.; Jeevitha, D.; Kurien, Sajan; Vinay, T.V.; Giriprasath, R.S.; Prasanth, Krishna Y.; Rajan, Daniel Jeba T. Title A name given to the resource Effect of biofertilizers on the survival and growth of air-layered saplings of West Indian cherry (Malpighia glabra L.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2026 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Plant Science Today;Volume;13;pp.1-6 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.14719/PST.12634" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.14719/PST.12634</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105034513127?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105034513127?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Bharanidharan A., School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India; Umesh B.C., School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India; Jeevitha D., School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India; Kurien S., School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India; Vinay T.V., School of Business and Management, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560 029, India; Giriprasath R.S., School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India; Prasanth K.Y., School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India; Rajan D.J.T., School of Sciences, Arts and Media, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, 641 114, India Description An account of the resource This study evaluated the efficacy of air layering in combination with biofertilizer treatments for the successful propagation of West Indian cherry (Malpighia glabra L.) during 20222023 at the North Farm, School of Agricultural Sciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Air layering was performed on a 9-year-old tree using 1-year-old, pencil-thick shoots of 60 cm length. Once rooted, the air layers were gradually detached from the mother plant and transplanted into polybags. Biofertilizer treatments were applied to the potting medium and as soil drenches, including Trichoderma viride (3 g L-1), vermiwash (1 %), humic acid (20 g L-1), Azospirillum brasilense (2 g kg-1 planting medium), plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR; 10 g plant-1) and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM; 100 g plant-1), along with an untreated control. Data recorded at 60 days after detachment (DAD) showed that vermiwash @ 1 % (T3) significantly enhanced shoot and root growth parameters. It resulted in the highest plant height (45.23 cm), number of leaves (38.22), number of shoots (6.45), survival percentage (81.04 %), root length (13.80 cm), primary roots (26.31), secondary roots (78.23) and root diameter (4.88 mm). The improved performance under vermiwash treatment is attributed to its rich content of plant growth regulators, enzymes, micronutrients and beneficial microbes, which positively influenced both vegetative and root development. The results underscore the potential of integrating air layering with nutrient-enriched organic treatments like vermiwash to enhance the propagation efficiency and field establishment of West Indian cherry. The objective of this study was to identify an effective biofertilizer-based strategy to enhance survival, growth and nursery establishment of air-layered West Indian cherry saplings. Copyright: The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Subject The topic of the resource barbados cherry; biofertilizer; gootee; root growth; shoot growth; survivability Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Horizon e-Publishing Group Relation A related resource ISSN: 23481900; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online