Rooting of Karoo shrub cuttings

摘要：

The Nama Karoo biome of South Africa is dominated by Karoo shrubs ( bushes), which are mainly utilized by extensive sheep farming.Seed of Karoo shrubs is not readily available and information on its germination is limited.Rooting of plant material can be used for mass production of plant species that usually have poor seed germination or for the production of clones of selected individual plants of the same species.Therefore, a pilot trial was conducted to test the ability of vegetative propagation, through stem cuttings, of some Karoo shrub species.Production of these species might be useful for reclamation purposes (Burke, 2005).

关键词： vegetative propagation butyric acid

作者: P.J.Malan H.A.Snyman

作者单位: Department of Animal,Wildlife and Grassland Sciences,P.O.Box 339,University of the Free State,Bloem fontein 9300,South Africa

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008世界草地与草原大会

会议地点: 呼和浩特

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）