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1 Second Edition Plant Propagation Concepts and Laboratory Exercises Edited by Caula A. Bey I and Robert N.Trigiano CRC Press \C$^J Taylor Si Francis Croup S Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis an Group, informs business

2 Contents Acknowledgments Editors Contributors ix xi xiii Parti Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction to Plant Propagation 3 Can la A. Beyl and Robert N. Trigiano Part II Botanical Basics Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Plant Anatomy and Morphology 15 Robert N. Trigiano, Jennifer A. Franklin, and Dennis J. Gray Chapter 3 Plant Physiology Concepts Important for Propagation Success 29 and Govind C. Sharma Chapter 4 Plant Growth Substances Used in Propagation 47, David W. Burger, and Zong-Ming Cheng Chapter 5 Sexual Reproduction and Breeding 65 Timothy A. Rinehart, Robert N. Trigiano, Phillip A. Wad/, a/id Haley S. Smith Chapter 6 Juvenility and Its Effect on Macropropagation and Micropropagation 85 Chapter 7 Chimeras 95 Robert M. Skirvin and Margaret A. Norton Part III Plant Propagation Structures, Media, and Containers Chapter 8 Propagation Structures: Types and Management 109 Gerald L. Klingaman Chapter 9 Intermittent Mist Control for Plant Propagation 123 David W. Burger v

3 vj Contents Chapter 10 Substrates and Containers for Seed and Cutting Propagation and Transplanting 127 Neil S. Mattson and Amy Fulcher Part IV Plant Propagation Diseases and the Importance of Sanitation Chapter 11 Disease Management 147 Alan S. Windham Chapter 12 Botrytis and Other Propagation Pathogens 159 Mark P. McQuilken Chapter 13 Disinfestation of Soil and Planting Media 167 James J. Stapleton Chapter 14 Crop Certification Programs and the Production of Specific Pathogen-Free Plants 171 Danielle J. Donnelly and Adam Dale Chapter 15 Building a Plant Propagator's Integrated Pest Management Toolkit 183 William E. Klingeman Part V Evaluation of Propagated Plants Chapter 16 Evaluation of Data from Propagation Experiments 203 Michael E. Compton Part VI Propagation by Stem Cuttings Chapter 17 Cloning Plants by Rooting Stem Cuttings 219 John M. Ruter Chapter 18 Adventitious Rooting of Woody and Herbaceous Plants 231 Lori D. Osburn, Zong-Ming Cheng, and Robert N. Trigiano Chapter 19 Long Cuttings: A Novel Method to Propagate Woody Plants 241 Wolfgang Spethmann Chapter 20 Rooting Cuttings of Tropical Plants 247 Richard A. Criley

4 Contents vii Part VII Propagation by Leaf and Root Cuttings Chapter 21 Adventitious Shoot and Root Formation on Leaf and Root Cuttings 263 Caula A. Bey I Chapter 22 Propagation by Leaf Cuttings 275 John L. Griffis, Jr. and Malcom M. Manners Chapter 23 Propagation by Root Cuttings 283 Paul E. Read Part VIII Layering Chapter 24 Layering 289 Brian Maynard Part IX Grafting and Budding Chapter 25 Grafting: Theory and Practice 301 Kenneth W. Mudge Chapter 26 Grafting and Budding with Woody and Herbaceous Species 323 Garry V. McDonald Chapter 27 Grafting with Vegetable Chieri Kubota Plants 329 PartX Bulbs and Plants with Special Structures Chapter 28 Storage Organs 343 Jeffrey A. Adkins and William B. Miller Chapter 29 Propagating Selected Flower Bulb Species 349 William B. Miller, Jeffrey A. Adkins, and John E. Preece Part XI Micropropagation Chapter 30 Micropropagation 359 Michael E. Kane, Philip J. Kauth, and Scott L. Stewart

5 viii Contents Chapter 31 Getting Started with Tissue Culture: Media Preparation, Sterile Technique, and Laboratory Equipment Chapter 32 Micropropagation of Mint fc Sherry L. Kit to Chapter 33 Micropropagation of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops 395 Leopold M. Nyochembeng Chapter 34 Micropropagation of Woody Plants 405 Robert R. Tripepi Part XII Seed Production and Propagation Chapter 35 Seed Production, Processing, and Analysis 41( J. Kim Pittcock Chapter 36 Practices to Promote Seed Germination 42" Chapter 37 Producing Seedlings and Bedding Plants 43l Holly L. Scoggins Part XIII In Conclusion: Special Topics Chapter 38 Myths of Plant Propagation 45. Jeffrey H. Gillman Chapter 39 Intellectual Property Protection for Plants 45" Christopher Eisenschenk Chapter 40 Molecular Biology and the Future of Plant Propagation 46'1 Govind C. Sharma, Manan Sharma, and Index 48

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