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ROOT CUTTINGS: A NOVEL APPROACH TO PRODUCING PLANTS©
Article number
1014_63
Pages
281 – 283
Language
English
Abstract
The production of plants via root cuttings has been around for a significant portion of the history of plant production.
A number of species can be propagated via this method (Tables 1 and 2). In the early stages of plant production as a standard practice root cuttings were an essential part of the process.
Casual observation easily shows that severed root pieces of many plants would often give rise to adventitious shoots which then result in a new plant arising from the roots buried in the ground.
Careful removal of those plants could at times repeat the process and even more plants could be produced.
This practice does not require sophisticated techniques or materials and was pretty much a facet of nature that had been streamlined by humans.
A number of species can be propagated via this method (Tables 1 and 2). In the early stages of plant production as a standard practice root cuttings were an essential part of the process.
Casual observation easily shows that severed root pieces of many plants would often give rise to adventitious shoots which then result in a new plant arising from the roots buried in the ground.
Careful removal of those plants could at times repeat the process and even more plants could be produced.
This practice does not require sophisticated techniques or materials and was pretty much a facet of nature that had been streamlined by humans.
Authors
H.W. Barnes
Keywords
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