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Environmental, Physiological and Chemical Controls of Adventitious
Rooting in Cuttings provides a review of the environmental,
physiological and chemical controls of adventitious rooting in
cuttings obtained from plants. In plants, adventitious roots, which
are highly useful for vegetative propagation (or clonal
propagation) are produced mainly from leaves, hypocotyls, stems or
shoots. Vegetative propagation may occur naturally by using
propagules such as roots, underground and aerial stems, leaves,
buds and bulbils. It may also be done artificially through
regenerative organs (rhizomes, bulbs, and corms) and by utilizing
specialized methods, like cutting, grafting and layering. This book
covers the latest tactics surrounding these processes. As a
plethora of factors affect the adventitious rooting of cuttings,
adding to the complexity of the phenomenon. The main factors which
control adventitious root formation are types of cuttings, presence
of leaf area on cuttings, types of hormones and their
concentration, duration of hormonal treatment (quick dip, long
soak, dry dip, spray dip, or total immerse method), maturation
(juvenile or mature), genotype, explant position, and more, all of
which are discussed here.
Genetically Modified Plants, Second Edition, provides an updated
roadmap and science-based methodology for assessing the safety of
genetic modification technologies, as well as risk assessment
approaches from regulators across different agroecosystems. This
new edition also includes expanded coverage of technologies used in
plant improvement, such as RNA-dependent DNA methylation, reverse
breeding, agroinfiltration, and gene-editing technologies such as
CRISPR and TALENS. This book is an essential resource for anyone
interested in crop improvement, including students and researchers,
practitioners in regulatory agencies, and policymakers involved in
plant biotechnology risk assessment.
Featuring new exercises related to tomato grafting, designing
gardens, the safe operation of power equipment, and utilizing apps
as horticultural tools, the NINTH EDITION of the LAB MANUAL TO
ACCOMPANY INTRODUCTORY HORTICULTURE contains a variety of hands-on
activities to help you retain and apply key concepts and
information presented in the text.
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