Recursos Tagged: Propagation

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  1. Citrus Propagation & Rootstocks

    01/01/1983 What are the advantages and disadvantages of growing citrus from seed when that is possible? One obvious advantage is that it is much less labor intensive to simply sow citrus seeds and eliminate the grafting step. Another advantage is that the seedling will most likely be free from viruses that...
    Citrus Propagation Rootstock

  2. The Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees

    Key Resource 01/09/1976 This book is divided into 2 parts. Part I, by R.J. Garner, deals with the establishment and equipment of the nursery, the pots and other containers, the various methods of propagation and with the transplanting of the young plants. This part is well illustrated. Part II is written by various...
    Horticulture Plant Propagation Botany Propagation

  3. Agricultural and Horticultural Seeds: FAO

    Key Resource 01/06/1961 In this study by FAO of the UN an attempt has been made to provide a world-wide review of some aspects of the production, control and distribution of seeds.
    Horticulture Plant Propagation Botany Propagation

  4. Traditional Techniques to Improve Plant Performance

    01/10/2005 An article by Francis Hallé in Nature and Resources, Volume 32, Number 3, 1996, explains several techniques used to “improve, select, propagate or preserve plant growth.” These techniques are called “phytopractices.” Most of them are inexpensive and simple to use but labor-intensive. The...
    Propagation Fruit Tree Crops Cassava Banana

  5. FAO Field Manual on Vegetative Propagation (1993)

    Plants have two ways of reproduction, sexual by means of seeds, and asexually or vegetatively by means of vegetative tissue. Both ways occur in living plants in nature. In nature, some plants reproduce mainly vegetatively while others rely almost totally on sexual reproduction. For the plant...
    Propagation Plant Propagation FAO Seed Selection JCC Grafting

  6. Plant Propagation

    FAO Field Manual : Plants have two ways of reproduction, sexual by means of seeds, and asexually or vegetatively by means of vegetative tissue. Both ways occur in living plants in nature. In nature, some plants reproduce mainly vegetatively while others rely almost totally on sexual reproduction....
    Propagation Plant Propagation

  7. ECHO Tropical Fruits Video Series - Dr Carl Campbell (1990)

    1990 videos with Dr. Carl Campbell ECHO Tropical Fruits Video Series - Introduction To Tropical Fruit (Part 1 of 6) ECHO Tropical Fruits Video Series -Grafting Tropical Fruit Trees & Avocados (Part 2 of 6) ECHO Tropical Fruits Video Series - (Part 3 of 6) Guava, Pineapple, Macadamia,Mamey...
    Grafting Plant Propagation Propagation Fruit Trees Atemoya Passionfruit Inga Loquat Naranjilla Avocado Joboticaba Black Sapote Macadamia integrif... Pineapple Guava Mamey sapote Eugenia uniflora Velvet Apple White Mombin Strawberry Tree Papaya Coconut Mango Jackfruit White Sapote

  8. Growth physiology, propagation, and replacing the tropical forests

    Abstract - Botanical Journal of Scotland Three apparently disparate topics are brought together to focus on ways in which science and even technology have often been insulated from pressing human needs. A notable example is the 20th Century's down-grading of the value of tropical trees in...
    Plant Propagation Propagation Agroforestry JCB

  9. Low-Technology Techniques For The Vegetative Propagation Of Tropical Trees

    Abstract - Pennsylvania State University Stem cuttings of five tree species from dry and semi-arid woodlands (Acacia torti/is, Prosopis juliflora, Terminalia spinosa, Terminalia brownii and Albizia guachapele) and seven species from moist tropical forests (Cordia alliodora, Vochysia hondurensis,...
    Propagation Plant Propagation JCB

  10. Africa’s Indigenous Fruit Trees: A Blessing in Decline

    For probably as long as people have lived in Africa, they have eaten culturally and traditionally important indigenous fruits such as baobab, desert date, black plum, and tamarind. Farmers have been able to enjoy the fruit of these plentiful wild trees without developing any knowledge of how to...
    Propagation Fruit Trees