Volume 6 – Seedling Propagation
The authors review the sequence or processes and operations used to propagate container seedlings. Successful nursery management begins with planning and crop planning is one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of seedling culture.
The authors review the sequence or processes and operations used to propagate container seedlings. Successful nursery management begins with planning and crop planning is one of the most important, yet often neglected, aspects of seedling culture.
USDA Forest Service, Agricultural Handbook 674. 1999
Thomas Landis, Richard Tinus, Stephen McDonald and James Barnett
Thomas Landis, Richard Tinus, Stephen McDonald and James Barnett
Table of Contents
Chapter 1-Crop Planning
Pages 3-34
- Introduction
- Seedling Growth and Development
- Constructing a Propagation Protocol
- Summary
- References
Chapter 2-Seed Propagation
Pages 35-92
- Introduction
- Obtaining High-Quality Seeds
- Seed Testing
- Seed Storage
- Presowing Treatments to Overcome Seed Dormancy
- Presowing Treatments to Facilitate Seed Handling
- Seed Cleansing and Disinfection
- Seed Sowing
- Seed Coverings
- Summary
- Literature Cited
Chapter 3-Vegetative Propagation
Pages 93-124
- Introduction
- Stem Cuttings
- Root Cuttings
- Layering
- Division
- Grafting
- Micropropagation
- Summary
- Literature Cited
Chapter 4-Seedling Development: The Establishment, Rapid Growth, and Hardening Phases
Pages 125-163
- Introduction
- The Establishment Phase
- The Rapid Growth Phase
- The Hardening Phase
- Summary
- Literature Cited
Index of Common and Scientific Names,
Pages 164-167