Containing 500 full color photographs and illustrations, The Bench
Grafter's Handbook: Principles and Practice presents exhaustive
information on all aspects of bench grafting. It details
requirements of more than 200 temperate woody plant genera,
covering over 2,000 species and cultivars including important
ornamental, temperate fruit, and nut crops. The book explains the
principles and practices of bench grafting, new procedures to
enhance grafting success, and recommendations for further
scientific investigation. Practical issues to aid professionals and
the beginner, include detailed accounts, supported by pictures and
diagrams, of the main grafting methods, knifesmanship techniques,
and methods of training. Provision and design, now and for the
future, of suitable structures, grafting facilities, and equipment,
to provide ideal controlled environments for grafts, are described.
The book describes major grafting systems, sub-cold, cold, warm,
supported warm, hot-pipe, and other grafting strategies. It
provides details of health and safety issues; work stations, seat
design, lighting levels; recorded output figures for various types
of graft; grafting knives and tools; and methods of sharpening by
hand and machine. Features: Comprehensive description, pictures,
and diagrams of how to learn and utilize important grafting
methods. Detailed information and scientific principles behind the
selection, specification, and choice of the main graft components -
the rootstock and scion. Scientific principles and practicalities
of providing optimal plant material, equipment, facilities and
environmental conditions for graft union development including
addressing the problems of graft incompatibility. Discussion of the
actual and potential role of bench grafting in woody plant
conservation with suggestions for new initiatives. This book is
intended for use by nurserymen; those involved in the upkeep of
extensive plant collections; conservationists; plant scientists;
lecturers in horticulture; horticultural students; and amateurs
with an interest in grafting.
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