scholarly journals PRODUCTION OF MINI-CUTTINGS AND THE INFLUENCE OF LEAF REDUCTION ON ROOTING OF VINHÁTICO (Plathymenia foliolosa Benth.)

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor de Freitas Neubert ◽  
Aloísio Xavier ◽  
Haroldo Nogueira de Paiva ◽  
Poliana Coqueiro Dias ◽  
Ricardo Gallo

ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the production and survival of the mini-stumps in mini-clonal hedge and the effect of leaf reduction of mini-cuttings on rooting and seedling growth of progenies of Vinhático (Plathymenia foliolosa) by mini-cutting. Apical mini-cuttings were used to evaluate the influence of leaf reduction on the rooting of vinhático; the mini-cuttings ranged between 8 to 10 cm in length and samples were subjected to100% leaf reduction (without leaf), 75% of leaf reduction, or no leaf reduction. As for the survival of mini-stumps in mini-clonal hedge, after the fourth successive mini-cuttings collection, P3 and P19 progenies showed the highest survival percentages (64.5% and 61.5%, respectively), while progenies P1 (32.3 %) and P45 (25%) showed the lowest values for this parameter. The average number of mini-cuttings/mini-stump/collection produced ranged from 0.83 (progeny 53) to 4.8 (progeny 01) and the average productivity was 120 m2 mini-stumps/mini-cuttings per collection. These results suggest that leaf reduction in adventitious rooting in mini-cuttings did not result in any difference between foliar treatments without reduction and 75% leaf reduction; however, 100% mortality was observed when the mini-cuttings were made with total leaf reduction.The progenies studied showed potential regeneration of mini-stumps, thus allowing the realization of successive collections of young shoots.

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor de Freitas Neubert ◽  
Aloísio Xavier ◽  
Haroldo Nogueira de Paiva ◽  
Poliana Coqueiro Dias ◽  
Ricardo Gallo

ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the production and survival of the mini-stumps in mini-clonal hedge and the effect of leaf reduction of mini-cuttings on rooting and seedling growth of progenies of Vinhático (Plathymenia foliolosa) by mini-cutting. Apical mini-cuttings were used to evaluate the influence of leaf reduction on the rooting of vinhático; the mini-cuttings ranged between 8 to 10 cm in length and samples were subjected to100% leaf reduction (without leaf), 75% of leaf reduction, or no leaf reduction. As for the survival of mini-stumps in mini-clonal hedge, after the fourth successive mini-cuttings collection, P3 and P19 progenies showed the highest survival percentages (64.5% and 61.5%, respectively), while progenies P1 (32.3 %) and P45 (25%) showed the lowest values for this parameter. The average number of mini-cuttings/mini-stump/collection produced ranged from 0.83 (progeny 53) to 4.8 (progeny 01) and the average productivity was 120 m2 mini-stumps/mini-cuttings per collection. These results suggest that leaf reduction in adventitious rooting in mini-cuttings did not result in any difference between foliar treatments without reduction and 75% leaf reduction; however, 100% mortality was observed when the mini-cuttings were made with total leaf reduction.The progenies studied showed potential regeneration of mini-stumps, thus allowing the realization of successive collections of young shoots.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
SUPRIYA DIXIT ◽  
R. K. GUPTA

Currently, a real challenge for the workers in the agricultural research field is to stop or reduce the use of expensive agrochemicals/ chemical fertilizers which are hazardous to the environment as well as human health. Present study was aimed to improve the growth and obtain optimum yield of Vigna crop with eco-friendly, non-toxic way and to reduce the use of agrochemical/chemical fertilizer application in agricultural activities. A pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of chemical fertilizer (DAP) and biofertilizer ( Rhizobium strain) separately and in combination on seed germination and seedling growth (at 30 days) based on morphological parameters such as seedling length (cm), fresh weight (g), dry weight (g) and leaf area (cm)2 of Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek. After one month (30 Days) observations, it was found that seedling length, fresh and dry weights and leaf area were maximum in T4 and minimum in T15, T7 and T8 favored improved seedling length and leaf area whereas T7, T8, and T9 favored improved fresh and dry weights as compared to control.


Author(s):  
K.H. Widdup ◽  
T.L. Knight ◽  
C.J. Waters

Slow establishment of caucasian clover (Trifolium ambiguum L.) is hindering the use of this legume in pasture mixtures. Improved genetic material is one strategy of correcting the problem. Newly harvested seed of hexaploid caucasian clover germplasm covering a range of origins, together with white and red clover and lucerne, were sown in 1 m rows in a Wakanui soil at Lincoln in November 1995. After 21 days, the caucasian clover material as a group had similar numbers of emerged seedlings as white clover and lucerne, but was inferior to red clover. There was wide variation among caucasian clover lines (48-70% seedling emergence), with the cool-season selection from cv. Monaro ranked the highest. Recurrent selection at low temperatures could be used to select material with improved rates of seedling emergence. Red clover and lucerne seedlings produced significantly greater shoot and root dry weight than caucasian and white clover seedlings. Initially, caucasian clover seedlings partitioned 1:1 shoot to root dry weight compared with 3:1 for white clover. After 2 months, caucasian clover seedlings had similar shoot growth but 3 times the root growth of white clover. Between 2 and 5 months, caucasian clover partitioned more to root and rhizome growth, resulting in a 0.3:1 shoot:root ratio compared with 2:1 for white clover. Both clover species had similar total dry weight after 5 months. Unhindered root/ rhizome devel-opment is very important to hasten the establishment phase of caucasian clover. The caucasian clover lines KZ3 and cool-season, both selections from Monaro, developed seedlings with greater shoot and root growth than cv. Monaro. KZ3 continued to produce greater root growth after 5 months, indicating the genetic potential for improvement in seedling growth rate. Different pasture estab-lishment techniques are proposed that take account of the seedling growth characteristics of caucasian clover. Keywords: establishment, genetic variation, growth, seedling emergence, Trifolium ambiguum


2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-295
Author(s):  
R. Vihotogbé ◽  
C. Watson ◽  
R. Glèlè Kakaï ◽  
F. Wichern ◽  
B. Sinsin ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.K. Hasan ◽  
M.S. Islam ◽  
M.R. Islam ◽  
H.N. Ismaan ◽  
A. El Sabagh

Abstract A laboratory experiment regarding germination and seedling growth test was conducted with three black gram genotypes tested under three salinity levels (0, 75 and 150 mM), for 10 days, in sand culture within small plastic pot, to investigate the germination and seedling growth characteristics. Different germination traits of all black gram genotypes, like germination percentage (GP), germination rate (GR), coefficient of velocity of germination (CVG) greatly reduced, as well as mean germination time (MGT) increased with increasing salt stress. At high salt stress, BARI Mash-3 provided the highest GP reduction (28.58%), while the lowest was recorded (15.79% to control) in BARI Mash-1. Salinity have the negative impact on shoot and root lengths, fresh and dry weights. The highest (50.32% to control) and lowest reduction (36.39%) of shoot length were recorded in BARI Mash-2 and BARI Mash-1, respectively, under 150 mM NaCl saline conditions. There were significant reduction of root lengths, root fresh and dry weight, shoot length, shoot fresh and dry weight in all genotypes under saline condition. The genotypes were arranged as BARI Mash-1 > BARI Mash-3 > BARI Mash-2, with respect to salinity tolerance.


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