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Preface | |
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General Aspects of Propagation | |
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Introduction | |
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The Role of Plant Propagation in Human History | |
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Evolution of Plant Propagation | |
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The Development of Nurseries | |
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The Modern Plant Propagation Industry | |
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Plant Propagation Organizations | |
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Biology of Propagation | |
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Genetic Control in Propagation: Sexual Versus Asexual | |
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Plant Development, Gene Expression, and Epigenetic Variation | |
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The Concept of Hormonal Control of Plant Growth and Development | |
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Life Cycles in Plants | |
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Plant Nomenclature and the Concept of the Cultivar | |
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Environmental Factors of Propagation | |
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Fundamental Microclimatic and Edaphic Factors in the Propagation Environment | |
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Managing the Propagation Environment | |
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Containers for Propagating and Growing Young Liner Plants | |
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Management of Edaphic Factors in Propagation and Liner Production | |
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Management of Microclimatic Factors in Propagation and Liner Production | |
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Biotic Factors--Pathogen and Pest Management in Plant Propagation | |
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Post-Propagation Care of Liners | |
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Seed Propagation | |
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Principles and Practices of Seed Selection | |
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Uses of Seeds in Propagation | |
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Seed Selection in Herbaceous Plant Species | |
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Seed Selection in Woody Plant Species | |
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Categories of Seed-Propagated Woody Plants | |
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Seed Selection and Production Systems | |
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Legal Controls to Genetic Purity | |
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Summary | |
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The Development of Seeds | |
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Introduction | |
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What is a Seed? | |
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Formation of the Fruit, Seed, and Embryo | |
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Polyembryony and Apomixis | |
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Plant Hormones and Seed Development | |
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Ripening and Dissemination | |
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Techniques of Seed Production and Handling | |
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Sources of Seed | |
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Harvesting and Processing Seeds | |
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Seed Testing | |
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Seed Storage | |
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Principles of Propagation by Seed | |
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The Germination Process | |
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Dormancy: Regulation of Germination | |
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Techniques of Propagation by Seed | |
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Seed Propagation Systems | |
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Field Nurseries for Transplant Production | |
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Production of Transplants Under Protected Conditions | |
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Vegetative Propagation | |
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Selection and Management of Clones in Vegetative Propagation | |
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History | |
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Reasons for Using Clonal Cultivars | |
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Genetic Basis of Clones | |
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Nongenetic Variation Within Clones | |
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Pathogens and Plant Propagation | |
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Management of Sources for Vegetative Propagation | |
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Propagation Sources and their Management | |
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Summary | |
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The Biology of Propagation by Cuttings | |
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Descriptive Observations of Adventitious Root and Bud Formation | |
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Correlative Effects: How Hormonal Control Affects Adventitious Root and Bud Formation | |
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The Biochemical Basis for Adventitious Root Formation | |
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Molecular/Biotechnological Advances in Asexual Propagation | |
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Factors Affecting Regeneration of Plants From Cuttings | |
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Treatment of Cuttings | |
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Environmental Manipulation of Cuttings | |
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Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings | |
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The Importance and Advantages of Propagation by Cuttings | |
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Types of Cuttings | |
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Stock Plants: Sources of Cutting Material | |
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Rooting Media | |
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Wounding | |
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Treating Cuttings With Auxins | |
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Preventive Disease Control | |
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Environmental Conditions for Rooting Leafy Cuttings | |
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Preparing the Propagation Bed, Bench, Rooting Flats, and Containers and Inserting the Cuttings | |
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Preventing Operation Problems with Mist Propagation | |
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Management Practices | |
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Cutting Nutrition | |
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Care of Cuttings During Rooting | |
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Cold Storage of Rooted and Unrooted Cuttings | |
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Handling Field-Propagated Plants | |
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Container-Grown Plants and Alternative Field Production Systems | |
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The Biology of Grafting | |
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The History of Grafting | |
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Terminology | |
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Reasons for Grafting and Budding | |
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Natural Grafting | |
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Formation of the Graft Union | |
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Graft Union Formation in T- and Chip Budding | |
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Factors Influencing Graft Union Success | |
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Polarity in Grafting | |
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Genetic Limits of Grafting | |
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Graft Incompatibility | |
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Scion-Rootstock (Shoot-Root) Relationships | |
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Techniques of Grafting | |
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Types of Grafts | |
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Detached Scion Graftage | |
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Approach Graftage | |
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Repair Graftage | |
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Production Processes of Graftage | |
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The Craftmanship of Grafting | |
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Aftercare of Grafted Plants | |
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Grafting Systems | |
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Techniques of Budding | |
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Rootstocks for Budding | |
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Time of Budding--Fall, Spring, or June | |
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Types of Budding | |
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Top-Budding (Topworking) | |
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Double-Working by Budding | |
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Microbudding | |
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Layering and its Natural Modifications | |
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Physiology of Regeneration by Layering | |
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Management of Plants During Layering | |
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Procedures in Layering | |
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Plant Modifications Resulting in Natural Layering | |
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Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots | |
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Bulbs | |
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Corms | |
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Tubers | |
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Tuberous Roots and Stems | |
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Rhizomes | |
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Pseudobulbs | |
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Methods of Micropropagation | |
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Principles of Tissue Culture for Micropropagation | |
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Introduction | |
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Reproduction of Seedling Plants in Tissue Culture | |
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Micropropagation of Plantlets from Tissue Culture | |
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Types of Systems Used to Regenerate Plantlets by Micropropagation (Table 17-1) | |
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Callus, Cell, and Protoplast Culture Systems | |
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Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed Production | |
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Control of the Tissue Culture Environment | |
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Special Problems Encountered by In Vitro Culture | |
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Variation in Micropropagated Plants | |
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Techniques of In Vitro Culture for Micropropagation and Biotechnology | |
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Introduction | |
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Characteristics of Micropropagation | |
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Disadvantages of Micropropagation | |
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General Laboratory Facilities and Procedures | |
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Micropropagation Procedures | |
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Establishment and Stabilization | |
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Shoot Multiplication | |
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Root Formation | |
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Acclimatization to Greenhouse Conditions | |
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Specific Protocols for Aseptic Culture | |
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Somatic Embryogenesis and the Production of Synthetic Seeds | |
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Methods for Micropropagating Representative Horticulture Crops | |
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Propagation of Selected Plants | |
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Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Important Fruit and Nut Species | |
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Propagation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines | |
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Propagation of Selected Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials Used as Ornamentals | |
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Indexes | |
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Subject Index | |
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Plant Index, Scientific Names | |
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Plant Index, Common | |