Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation : Principles and Practices.

• Main Author: Hartmann, Hudson T.
• Other Authors: Kester, Dale E., Davies, Fred T., Geneve, Robert.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Harlow, United Kingdom : Pearson Education, Limited, 2017.
• Edition: 8th ed.
• Subjects: Plant propagation..; Seed technology.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

For all undergraduate courses in plant propagation at the two-year and four-year colleges and universities. The world standard for plant propagation and horticulture for over 50 years, Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation continues to be the field's most complete, up-to-date text on pla...

Table of Contents:

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• 1. General Aspects of Propagation
• 2. How Plant Propagation Evolved in Human Society
• 3. Biology of Plant Propagation
• 4. The Propagation Environment
• 5. Seed Propagation
• 6. Seed Development
• 7. Principles and Practices of Seed Selection
• 8. Techniques of Seed Production and Handling
• 9. Principles of Propagation from Seeds
• 10. Techniques of Propagation by Seed
• 11. Vegetative Propagation
• 12. Principles of Propagation by Cuttings
• 13. Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings
• 14. Principles of Grafting and Budding
• 15. Techniques of Budding
• 16. Techniques of Grafting
• 17. Layering and Its Natural Modifications
• 18. Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots
• 19. Principles and Practices of Clonal Selection
• 20. Cell and Tissue Culture Propagation
• 21. Principles of Tissue Culture and Micropropagation
• 22. Techniques for Micropropagation
• 23. Propagation of Selected Plant Species
• 24. Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species
• 25. Propagation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines
• 26. Propagation of Selected Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials Used as Ornamentals
• Index
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