Experiment on Field Cutting of Different Cultivars of Ficus carica

Field cuttage of 104 cultivars of Ficus caria were conducted in March 2015 with 1-2 year healthy cuttings in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang province..Investigations in the current November demonstrated that survival rate of cuttings among 104 cultivars had significant difference, with the highest of100%, the lowest of zero and mean of 33.43%. The average increment of new growth was 8.98 cm, there was significant difference among cultivarswith the highest of 20 cm and the lowest 5 cm. Analysis on root number, length and diameter showed significant diversity among cultivars.Correlation analysis revealed that root dimension had no relation with survival rate, but had significant positive one with the new growth. The clusteranalysis of survival rate, new growth and root dimension concluded that 104 cultivars could be divided into 6 groups.