The experiment was planned to study “Different media effect on various cultivars of grapes (Vitis vinifera) cuttings” at Fruit Crops Research Program, Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, during summer season (July and August), 2019. Different growing media such as M₁ (Sand), M₂ (Garden Soil), and M₃ (1:1 mixture of sand + garden soil) were applied as treatments to check the performance of cuttings of different grapes cultivars (NARC black, Early Round, and Perlette) named as V₁, V₂ and V₃ respectively. All the cuttings utilized in the experiment were treated with 3000 ppm Indole butyric acid (IBA) and grown in polyethene bags having different growing media. Total 135 cuttings were used in this experiment and the trial was performed by complete randomized design (CRD) with three replications. The got discoveries demonstrated that cuttings of grape variety NARC Black (V1) delivered greatest (16.2) number of roots and root length (8.5 cm) treated with M3 (1:1 mixture of sand + garden soil). However, cuttings of Perlette (V₃) produce least number of roots (2.2) and root length (3.5 cm). Furthermore, the results related to shoot length and shoot diameter were significantly influenced by M₃ (1:1 mixture of sand + garden soil) in cuttings of NARC Black (V₁) The maximum shoot length (9.5cm) and shoot diameter (2.23mm) were recorded in V₁ (NARC Black) planted in 1:1 mixture of sand + garden soil (M₃). Moreover, maximum number of leaves (6.73) were also recorded in V₁ (NARC Black) planted in M₃ (1:1 mixture of sand + garden soil) while minimum number of leaves (1.45) were recorded in V₃ (Perlette) planted in M₁ (sand). It can be concluded from the above findings that the treatment of (1:1 mixture of sand + garden soil) can improve root length, root diameter, shoot length, shoot diameter and number of leaves per cutting in graph cultivar NARC Black under the agro-climatic conditions of Islamabad.

Keywords: Garden soil, Graph cultivar, Indole butyric acid, Leaf length, pure sand, Root diameter, Root length.