TITLE

Propagation 101

AUTHOR(S)

Davison, Elizabeth

PUB. DATE

January 1997

SOURCE

American Nurseryman;01/01/97, Vol. 185 Issue 1, p45

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the plant propagation by leafy stem cuttings and the physiological processes that must be maintained in the cuttings to help root initiation. Main advantages of propagation by cuttings; Factors which affects the ability of a stem cutting to survive; Contributors to the continuing biochemical balance in the severed cutting.

ACCESSION #

9708105336

Tags: PLANT propagation

 

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