This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 32. Dr. Tapani Haapala Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) contain high-quality food properties and are very good protein and energy sources on a daily per hectare basis of production (Frusciante et al. 2000). Potatoes are grown mostly in cool climate areas. In the...
1957-01-01 This book brings together in a comprehensive form both the basic principles and the practical aspects of plant propogation. Stressed are the applications of those scientific facts and principals involved in the increase of plant numbers, made clear both to the beginner and the experienced...
2001-01-01 This booklet explains techniques commonly used (grafting, budding, layering, cuttings) to propagate fruit plants, with special emphasis on Florida fruits.
1993-01-01 This book is based on experiments on 145 Families, 805 Genera, and about 2500 Species. Every species has some mechanism for delaying germination until the seed has been dispersed. The science of seed germination is the discovery and despcription of such mechanisms and the development of...
Methods for the successful rooting of tree cuttings which apply to most of the hundred or more tropical tree species tested. Vegetative propagation techniques which allow new trees to be raised at any time and domestication speeded up, are clearly described. This practical volume also covers...
1989-01-01 The present report is concerned with one particular aspect of this search for new production techniques and systems, that of phytopractices, after "phytopratiques" in French. This is a new term describing all those treatments which may improve, select, propagate or preserve plants on an...
1978-01-01 This book is a manual of procedures, giving you the step-by-step how and when of various planting techniques. Look too, in every chapter, for the principles--the "why"--on which these techniques are based.
2002-01-01 Anyone intending to embark on the planting of tropical trees should read this manual which is concerned with the key choices and issues that lie between the propagation of good planting stock and its eventual planting and successful establishment. It highlights the need for good communicaiton,...