  The study was conducted at the Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences,
University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq so as to investigate response
hardwood cuttings of Callistemon viminalis to some plant extracts. The hardwood
cuttings were taken on 11 March 2021 and soaked separately in 3 and 6 g/L
aqueous extracts of moringa leaf, licorice root, willow shoot, fenugreek seed
and cinnamon bark for 1 hour. They were compared to the cuttings dipped in 3000
ppm IBA for 10s and control cuttings which were soaked in distilled water for 1
hour. The experiment laid out in CRD with three replications in a greenhouse,
and each replication included six cuttings which planted in a mixture of sand
and rice husk medium. The results showed that the highest (86.66%) rooting was
achieved in the cuttings treated with 6 g/L licorice extract and they were
significantly different with control cuttings (53.33%), but they were not
significantly different with 3000 ppm IBA (66.66%). Cinnamon 3g/L and fenugreek
3g/L extracts gave the lowest (6.66% and 33.33%, respectively) rooting and
other studied parameters. The cuttings dipped in 3000 ppm IBA gave the highest
(18.91) root number and the highest (66.66%) survival cuttings after
transplanting. The longest root (15.54 cm) was found in cuttings were treated
with 6 g/L moringa extract. The longest (5.83 cm) shoot was observed in treated
cuttings with 3 g/L willow extract. The highest chlorophyll a and b (10.08 and
4.62 mg/L, respectively) were observed in cuttings treated with 6 g/L willow
extract. Moreover, 3000 ppm IBA gave the highest (20.23%) total carbohydrate
and (1.77 mg/g) IAA content along with 6 g/L licorice, moringa and fenugreek
extracts, after 30 days from planting of the cuttings. Licorice root extract at
6 g/L fairly improved the measurements similar to 3000 ppm IBA throughout the
study.

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