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Showing posts with label rooting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rooting. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis has an online look-up tool accessing its Rooting Database.
Users can search by Genus or Cultivar and retrieve rooting information for that plant.

Link: http://rooting.ucdavis.edu/Pchome.htm

Sample of data returned on search:

Name        : Abelia grandiflora                                                                                              
Cultivar    : Edward Goucher                                                                                 
Cutting Type: Softwood, terminal or subterminal
Age-Stage   : [
When taken  : July
Medium      : Perlite or well drained medium
Auxin       : Hormex - full strength
Structure   : mist
Bottom Heat : NoBottom Heat .
% Rooting   : 100%
Time to root: 4 weeks
Care        : [
Location    : Honolulu, Hawaii.
Reference   : Oka, P. 1978. Propagation of Abelia grandiflora 
              Edward Goucher. The Pl. Prop. 24(1):4-5.  ]



Friday, July 24, 2009

The Rooting of Woody Plant Cuttings

What was done: The authors investigated the effects of enriching the air with CO2 to just under 1000 ppm on the rooting of branch cuttings of two flower cherries (Prunus incisa and Prunus jamasakura), one endangered five-needle pine (Pinus armandi var. amamiana), seven nematode-resistant clones of Pinus densiflora and three nematode-resistant clones of Pinus thunbergli, as well as Pistacia chinensis. Read more>