scholarly journals MEDIA COMPOSITION, IBA, AND NODE POSITION AFFECT ROOTING OF CLEMATIS CUTTINGS.

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 639g-639
Author(s):  
John E. Erwin ◽  
Debra Schwarze

Five cuttings from different node positions on stock plants were taken from each of 3 Clematis cultivars (Jackmani, Contesse de Bouchard, and Gypsy Queen) and Clematis purpurea plena elegans. Actively growing plants with 5 nodes were acquired. Node number increased from 1 at the base of the plant to 5 at the tip of the plant. Cuttings were treated with or without 0.1% IBA (indole-3-butyric acid) and placed in 1 of 5 different media: 100% washed sand (WS), 50% washed sand and 50% sphagnum peat (WP), 50% sphagnum peat and 50% perlite (SP), 100%) perlite (PT), or 50% sphagnum peat plus 25% perlite plus 25% vermiculite (PV). Rooting date, primary and secondary root number, and root dry weight were collected after 8 weeks. `Gypsy Queen' showed the earliest rooting with the greatest root development. Jackmani showed the worst rooting. Media WS and PT showed the best rooting whereas WP and SP showed the worst. Cuttings taken from the first 3 nodes rooted the best. As node position increased root number and dry weight decreased and time to root increased. Application of IBA had no significant effect on time to root or degree of rooting.

HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 868B-868
Author(s):  
Jennifer Marohnic ◽  
Robert L. Geneve

Marigold seedlings were grown in four containers that differed in both volume and shape. Seedlings grown in 1.5-gal containers showed the greatest potential for shoot and root development 20 days after sowing. These seedlings had greater leaf area, shoot and root dry weight, and total root number and length compared to seedlings grown in 406 plug trays, 72-cell packs, or 6-inch containers. There was a positive correlation (r2 = 0.81) between cell volume and seedling growth as well as a positive correlation (r2 = 0.89) between container height with seedling growth. An attempt was made to separate the impact of container volume vs. container height on seedling growth. Containers were designed using acrylics to vary the container height while keeping the volume constant at 1500 cm3. There was a positive correlation (r2 = 0.87) between shoot and root dry weight with container height. The data suggest that both container volume and height contribute to overall seedling growth in marigold, but when container volume is not limiting, container height has a large impact on seedling development.


2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce A. Cunliffe ◽  
Mary Hockenberry Meyer ◽  
Peter D. Ascher

Abstract The effect of rooting medium, indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), and node position were studied on rooting of tender purple fountaingrass, Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’. Three-hundred single-node culm cuttings were placed in a mist house in sand, peat, vermiculite, perlite, or a peat:perlite (1:1 by vol) mix. Within 42 days, 78% of the cuttings rooted, with the highest number of cuttings rooting in the peat or perlite media and the lowest number in the vermiculite medium. Cuttings from the most proximal node exhibited a significantly higher percentage of rooting and produced more roots than cuttings from more distal nodes. Rooting medium and nodal position of cutting interacted to affect root dry weight. IBA had no significant effect on rooting. Propagation of purple fountaingrass from culm cuttings offers an economically-attractive alternative to the conventional method of crown division.


2012 ◽  
Vol 524-527 ◽  
pp. 2278-2289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Wei Yin ◽  
Jun Meng ◽  
Gui Ping Zheng ◽  
Xue Mei Zhong ◽  
Lan Yu ◽  
...  

This research focuses on studying the effects of biochar on acidic soil nutrient, soybean production, root and plant height,using the method of pot plant simulation for soybean cultivation patterns in three ridging test. Biochar was applied for pot with set 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25t hm-2. Biochar, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, urea and potassium chloride were fully mixed then sampled on soybean clover stage (V3), full bloom stage (R2) and the early mature stage (R7).This research examined the soybean root index. At the early mature stage (R7), soil samples were blown dry and examined chemical index. During the mature period (R8), we examined the yield and plant height. The results showed that, with the increase of the content of the biochar, available potassium,and organic matter was increased significantly, increasing 77.69mgkg-1, and 7.56gkg-1 compared with control respectively. The root dry weight, main root length, lateral root number, total length, lateral root number, root dry weight of the maximum was respectively increased by 80.85%, 100%, 33.86%, 167.74%, 26.31% and 80.41% than control in early mature stage. The yield increased by 35.97% compared with control.


HortScience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 795-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Tsern Chen ◽  
Ching-Lung Lee ◽  
Der-Ming Yeh

Growth and photosynthetic parameters were measured in Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinn. ‘Umihonoka’ grown hydroponically under nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), or magnesium (Mg) deficiency in 1/2 strength of modified Johnson’s solution. Plant height, node number, and leaf area were all reduced under N, P, K, and Ca deficiencies but not under Mg deficiency as compared with plants grown in the complete nutrient solution. Shoot and root dry weight were reduced in the N-, P-, K-, and Ca-deficient treatments, whereas root but not shoot dry weight was lowered by Mg-deficient treatment. Shoot-to-root dry weight ratio decreased under N and P deficiencies, increased under K and Mg deficiency, but was not altered under Ca deficiency. Decreased net photosynthetic rate (Pn) of N-, P-, and K-deficient leaves was all related to lower stomatal conductance (gS), whereas N-deficient leaves also accompanied by a higher intercellular carbon dioxide concentration (Ci). The Mg-deficient treatment did not alter chlorophyll fluorescence Fv/Fm, maximal fluorescence (Fm), or minimal fluorescence (Fo). Decreased Fv/Fm of N-, P-, K-, and Ca-deficient leaves was all related to lower Fm, whereas N- and P-deficient leaves also accompanied by lower Fo. A key was developed for the identification of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg deficiency symptoms.


HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 1166a-1166
Author(s):  
Patricia R. Knight ◽  
D. Joseph Eakes ◽  
Kenneth M. Tilt ◽  
Charles H. Gilliam

Stem cuttings of Ilex cornuta `Burfordii Nana' and Ilex × `Nellie R. Stevens', were direct stuck into cell pack, rose pot, quart pot, and trade gallon containers on March 4, 1991. Ten weeks and again at twenty weeks after sticking, rooted liners from cell pack, rose pot, and quart pot containers were transplanted into trade gallon containers. Thirty weeks after sticking, Nellie R. Stevens holly had a greater total root dry weight compared to Dwarf Burford holly. There were no differences in total root dry weight for any transplant treatment, but root distribution was influenced. Cell pack and rose pot liners transplanted twenty weeks after sticking showed a reduction in root growth in the root sector between the radius of a quart pot and a trade gallon pot. Shoot growth was also reduced for cell pack and rose pot liners that were transplanted into trade gallon containers twenty weeks after sticking.


HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 663e-663
Author(s):  
Amal P. de Silva ◽  
W. Keith Patterson

Strawberry (Fragaria ×ananasa Duch. `Chandler') tips containing only root initials were inoculated with mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices and were fertilized with rockphosphate levels of 1, 2, 4 and, 6 mg·cm–3 to study root growth and mycorrhizal infection. The addition of rockphosphate at >2 mg·cm–3 decreased mycorrhizal infection. Root dry weight of mycorrhizal strawberry plants increased significantly over the controls with addition of rockphosphate, and mycorrhizal infection significantly decreased the shoot: root ratio. Foliar P levels decreased in mycorrhizal plants fertilized with up to 4 mg·cm–3 of rockphosphate and a quadratic relationship was seen between rockphosphate levels and foliar P. In nonmycorrhizal plants, the highest foliar P level was with rockphosphate at 1 mg·cm–3. The study revealed rockphosphate at 1 to 2 mg·cm–3 is beneficial for greater root growth with mycorrhizal inoculation.


HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 488e-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica P. Ozores-Hampton ◽  
Charles Vavrina ◽  
Thomas A. Obreza

Large volumes of a compost made by mixing and co-composting yard trimmings (YT) and biosolids (BS) feedstocks have recently become available to the Florida vegetable industry. Compost used as vegetable transplant medium may be less expensive than traditional Sphagnum peatmoss, which is a non-renewable resource. `Agriset 761' tomato seed were planted in five combinations of compost, peat, and vermiculite media: 0:70:30 (control), 18:52:30, 35:35:30, 52:18:30, and 70:0:30 by weight, respectively. The presence of compost in the media increased leaf area, shoot dry weight, and number of leaves 21 days after treatment (DAT), and leaf area, shoot dry weight, root dry weight 28 DAT compared with the control. There were no differences in root dry weight 21 DAT and number of leaves 28 DAT between treatments containing compost and the control. Plants in the compost treatments had greater final leaf area, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, and stem diameter but less chlorophyll content compared with the control. There was no effect of compost rate on any of the response variables measured. Neither final leaf number nor stem length were affected by media composition. The results suggest that YT/BS co-compost can be used as an alternative to peat media for tomato transplant production, and that the rate of use is not critical.


2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. KALORIZOU ◽  
S. R. GOWEN ◽  
T. R. WHEELER

The effects of nematodes on root morphology and the association of root characteristics with resistance to nematodes of seven banana varieties were investigated in two experiments. Banana plants were grown in controlled conditions within polytunnels and harvested on three occasions for the measurement of root morphology and biomass. Varieties differed in their resistance to nematodes, from resistant (Yg Km5, FHIA 17, FHIA 03) and partly resistant (FHIA 01, FHIA 25) to not resistant ((FHIA 23, Williams). Nematodes reduced the root dry weight of FHIA 01, FHIA 17 and FHIA 23 at some harvests. Primary root number was on average 9.5% lower in nematode-infected plants than controls, with no differences among the varieties. Thus, there was no simple association between the resistance of these varieties and their tolerance to nematodes. Varieties differed in root morphology. Root dry weight was greatest for resistant varieties Yg Km5 and FHIA 03, and least for non-resistant varieties FHIA 23 and Williams. Thus, resistance to nematodes was associated with varieties with greater root mass and more and larger primary roots.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
Hamid HASSANPOUR ◽  
Mohamad ALI SHIRI

Clonal propagation of Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) from cuttings will permit nursery production of cloned Cornelian cherry and encourage selection of superior genotypes. The effects of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) concentrations, five genotypes and two types of media on root performance of Cornelian cherry cuttings were investigated. The percentage of rooted cuttings, mean root length, average root number per cutting, root fresh weight and root dry weight were recorded after three months. Orthogonal contrasts were used to test the effects of the auxin treatments. Regression analysis for determination of appropriate equation was performed. The IBA treatment increased the rooting percentage in genotype C1, C3 and C4 but did not affect that of genotype C2 and C5. The maximum rooting percentage, mean root length, average root number per cutting, root fresh weight and root dry weight was obtained for C3 genotype and in sand media. No statistically significant correlation was observed between callusing and other measured parameters but the rest of parameters correlate statistically with rooting. According to the regression results, it was clear that the pattern of quadratic function was better than other models for rooting. The highest rooting percentage was obtained from C3 genotype. Therefore, clonal production of this genotype is practical.


2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 599-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone da Costa Mello ◽  
Jéssika Angelotti-Mendonça ◽  
Lucas Baiochi Riboldi ◽  
Luigi Tancredi Campo Dall’Orto ◽  
Eduardo Suguino

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the application of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) at concentrations of 0, 30, 60, and 90 mg·L−1, for 24 hours, on rooting of softwood and semihardwood cuttings of tea (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis ‘Yabukita’ and C. sinensis var. assamica ‘IAC-259’) collected in winter and summer. In the summer, IBA increased root percentage of softwood cuttings from ‘Yabukita’ compared with the control. However, the rooting of semihardwood cuttings was unaffected by this growth regulator. In winter, application of 90 mg·L−1 IBA increased the rooting regardless of the type of ‘Yabukita’ cuttings. In addition, in ‘IAC-259’, there was an increase in dry weight, number of roots (NOR), and rooting percentage of softwood cuttings collected in summer with application of 90 mg·L−1 IBA compared with control. In contrast, during the same period of the year, the semihardwood cuttings of ‘IAC-259’ were unaffected by the IBA. In winter, the percentage of cutting survival, rooting, the number, and length of roots were unaffected by IBA in ‘IAC-259’. Overall, we would recommend the use of exogenous IBA for rooting of cuttings collected in the summer or winter.


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