scholarly journals The Propagation of Guavas from Stem Cuttings

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-289
Author(s):  
W. Pennock ◽  
G. Maldonado

1. A highly successful propagation method is described by which hundreds of side-sprouts are first induced on the parent guava tree. These are later cut and rooted under alternatmg mist, with leaves attached. By using this method it is possible to produce from 500 to 1,000 guava plants from a single 3-year-old tree within 10 months. 2. An experiment is also described and discussed which showed that different rooting media, such as coarse sand and very fine gravel, with Coco-peat, fir bark, Vermiculite, Perlite, and Mexifern, had no appreciable effect on rooting. But treatment with a relatively high concentration, 200 p.p.m., of indolebutyric acid improved and accelerated rooting markedly. Rooting was still further improved if 2 percent of sugar was combined with the indolebutyric acid treatment. 3. The high susceptibility of cuttings under mist to anthracnose disease is mentioned and the usual course of the disease described. Recommendations are suggested for reducing the incidence of this disease.

2006 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
J.A. Rodriquez-Pérez ◽  
A.M. de Leon-Hernandez ◽  
M.C. Vera-Batista ◽  
I. Rodriguez-Hernandez ◽  
A.R. Rodriguez-Herrera
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2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
N. Phuyal ◽  
P. K. Jha ◽  
P. P. Raturi ◽  
S. Gurung ◽  
S. Rajbhandary

The common method of propagation is through seeds but seed germination in Zanthoxylum armatum is very low due to the presence of hard seed coat, which might be a great hurdle for large scale production of plantlets. So an attempt was made in this study to see the effect of different growth hormones, their concentrations and different rooting media on the rooting and sprouting of Z. armatum. The stem cuttings of Z. armatum were treated with two types of auxins namely Indole-3-Butyric Acid (IBA) and Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA) at different concentrations (2000 ppm, 3000 ppm and 5000 ppm), while the untreated cuttings were used as control. The cuttings were planted in three different rooting media: sand, neopeat and mix (containing a mixture of sand, soil and vermin-compost). The completely randomized design was used for the experiment. The total number of stem cuttings of Z. armatum used in the experiment was 1080 for 18 treatments in three replicates (20 cuttings per treatment x 18 treatments x 3 replicates). The experiment was set up in controlled greenhouse conditions at Dabur Nepal Private Limited Nursery, Banepa, Kavre District. The parameters evaluated were root length, shoot length and number of roots per cutting. The collected data were analyzed statistically using R-program with Agricola. Least significant difference (LSD) and Duncan multiple Range Test (DMRT), as mean separation technique was applied to identify the most efficient treatment in the rooting and shooting behavior of Z. armatum (Gomez and Gomez, 1984). Hormone concentration and growth media significantly affected the rooting and shooting ability of Z. armatum stem cuttings. IBA was found to be more effective than NAA. Neopeat medium was better than sand and mix media. The highest number of roots (6.5) and root length (11.6 cm) were recorded under IBA 5000 ppm in neopeat medium.


1941 ◽  
Vol 19c (4) ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
N. H. Grace

Greenwood cuttings of Deutzia Lemoinei, Symphoricarpus albus, and Weigela rosea and dormant cuttings of Lonicera tatarica were treated with a series of 32 talc dusts containing potassium acid phosphate at concentrations of 0, 0.1, 1.0, and 10%, in combination with 0 and 10% cane sugar, 0 and 50 p.p.m. ethyl mercuric bromide, and 0 and 1000 p.p.m. indolylacetic acid. The lower concentrations of phosphate tended to increase rooting and reduce mortality of two of the species of greenwood cuttings whereas the 10% concentration was ineffective or injurious. However, this concentration was favourable to the rooting of dormant cuttings. Indolylacetic acid treatment increased the number of rooted cuttings and the number and length of roots. Beneficial effects were indicated for organic mercury and cane sugar treatments. However, these were attributed largely to the combinations with phosphate and indolylacetic acid. The results indicate that the effectiveness of dusts containing indolylacetic acid in the treatment of plant stem cuttings may be increased by the addition of nutrient and disinfectant chemicals.


1942 ◽  
Vol 20c (4) ◽  
pp. 204-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Farrar ◽  
N. H. Grace

Semimonthly collections of white pine and white spruce cuttings were taken from July to October, 1939, and propagated in several media. Collections of both species were taken in late October to examine the effect of type of cutting and of planting in media involving different proportions of two sands and two different peats. Cuttings were dusted with a series of concentrations of indolylacetic acid in talc. The season of collection and the medium used for propagation were the factors of main importance. Phytohormone treatment failed to demonstrate appreciable effect, no difference in rooting response could be attributed to the kind of sand used, but there were indications that response increased with the amount of sedge peat in the medium.Rooting of white pine cuttings collected in late August and propagated in a sedge peat medium was 62%, earlier and later collections gave substantially less rooting. Sand only and the sphagnum peat media were generally inferior to the sedge type of peat. At the optimum season of collection the sphagnum peat effected 50% rooting.The late July collection of white spruce cuttings effected rooting of 90% of the plain cuttings when propagation occurred in a sedge peat medium. Low percentages rooted in sand or sphagnum peat media. Cuttings with a heel of old wood tended to be superior to plain cuttings in respect to survival and rooting.Preliminary experiments with spring and early summer collections of both species resulted in slight rooting. Likewise, greenhouse propagations of dormant material gave very poor results.


1940 ◽  
Vol 18c (12) ◽  
pp. 591-598
Author(s):  
N. H. Grace ◽  
J. L. Farrar

Dormant Norway spruce cuttings collected in November were treated with talc dusts containing indolylacetic acid, planted in five media including two different sands and mixtures of these with peat humus, and propagated in a greenhouse. While 1000 p.p.m. indolylacetic acid treatment increased survival in sand and there were interactions between media and phytohormone treatments, the marked differences between the various media were the striking feature of the results. Mixtures of peat humus with sand were uniformly superior to sand only. There were also some differences between a fine and a coarse sand, when used either alone or in combination with peat. It may accordingly be concluded that selection of a suitable medium is of great importance in the propagation of Norway spruce cuttings.


Author(s):  
Guoliang Ma ◽  
Xiang He ◽  
Xiang Jiang ◽  
Hanlong Liu ◽  
Jian Chu ◽  
...  

To effectively stabilize coarse sand, bentonite was introduced in microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) grouting. Varying concentrations (0 g/L, 20 g/L, 40 g/L and 80 g/L) of bentonite were added to bacterial suspensions (BSs), which were magnetically stirred to form bacterial-bentonite suspensions (BBSs). Then, coarse sand specimens were treated with BBSs and cementation solutions (CSs) to different cementation levels. The results showed that the addition of bentonite could increase the volume fractions of the precipitates consisting of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and bentonite. The permeability decreased exponentially as the volume fraction of precipitates increased. As the active precipitates increased when a lower concentration (e.g., 20 g/L) of bentonite was added to the MICP grouting, the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) was substantially improved. However, detrimental effects were observed for specimens treated with a high concentration of bentonite. These results indicate that the effective concentration of natural clay aggregates used in MICP grouting was different for different engineering applications, e.g., seepage control and strength enhancement. The current work provides an encouraging method of improving the MICP technique.


1978 ◽  
Vol 55 (s4) ◽  
pp. 159s-161s ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Leckie ◽  
J. J. Brown ◽  
R. Fraser ◽  
K. Kyle ◽  
A. F. Lever ◽  
...  

1. A patient presented with mild hypertension, a raised plasma total renin concentration but a normal plasma angiotensin II concentration. The discrepancy was due to a high concentration of inactive renin in the plasma. 2. A renal carcinoma was detected and removed. The tumour contained a higher proportion of inactive renin than was found in uninvolved areas of the kidney. After unilateral nephrectomy, the plasma concentration of inactive renin fell to normal. 3. Six months later, plasma inactive renin concentration again increased and a metastasis was detected in a rib. Excision of the rib together with radiotherapy resulted in a fall in plasma inactive renin to normal. 4. The inactive renin in plasma and tumour extracts was activated to the same extent by acid treatment and by trypsin.


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