FINALS - Plant Propagation and Nursery Management Flashcards
Physiological condition of the mother plant can exert great influence on the rooting of cuttings. For example, cuttings taken from the plants deficient in water often show reduced rooting.
Physiological condition of the mother plant
In most plant species, the cuttings taken from juvenile (young) growth phase often root better than from adult phase. It implies that the ability of cuttings to form adventitious roots decrease with the increase in the age of the plant.
Juvenility factors
A proper choice of wood is an important factor because the wrong choice may be quite harmful as it may result in complete failure of rooting of cuttings. In general, the capacity of the cuttings to root depends upon the type of wood taken by the propagator. Usually, the cutting taken from the lateral shoots root better than the ones taken from terminal shoots.
Types of the Wood
In most species, the rooting process is inhibited if leaves and buds are removedfrom the cuttings. The promoting effect of leaves and buds in root initiation is due to the fact that these are the primary source of carbohydrate and auxin synthesis and other root promoting co-factors in the plants.
Presence of leaves and buds
The process of root initiation in cuttings taken from plants infected with viruses is inhibited or reduced as compared to those taken from virus-free stock plants.
Presence of viruses
In some plants, rooting is better when the cut is made just above or below the node, in others rooting is better if cut is made at the node and still in others, and position of the cut has no effect on root initiation process.
6.Position of the basal cut in the cutting:
In some cases, season of the year, when cuttings are made has significant influence on rooting of the cutting.
Season
Various treatments of cuttings
i) Use of growth regulators
ii) Mineral nutrients
iii) Fungicides
iv) Wounding
v) Etiolation treatment
vi) Girdling
Environmental conditions like availability of water, light, temperature and rooting media may also affect the root initiation process in cuttings. Effect of different environmental factors is
summarized as under:
i)Water condition
ii) Temperature
iii) Light
Iv) Rooting medium
The inability of two different plant parts grafted or budded together.
Graft Incompatibility
External symptoms of graft incompatibility
- Failure to form a successful graft or bud union
- Yellowing of foliage i
- Premature death of the trees
- Marked difference in growth rate of the scion and rootstock
- Over growth at, above or below the graft union
- Suckering of rootstock
- Breakdown of graft union cleanly
External symptoms of graft incompatibility
- Failure to form a successful graft or bud union
- Yellowing of foliage i
- Premature death of the trees
- Marked difference in growth rate of the scion and rootstock
- Over growth at, above or below the graft union
- Suckering of rootstock
- Breakdown of graft union cleanly
Types of Incompatibility
- Localized (non-translocated) incompatibility
- Translocated incompatibility
Graft combination in which a mutually compatible interstock overcomes the incompatibility of the scion and rootstock.
Localized (non-translocated) incompatibility
It includes certain graft/rootstock combination in which the insertion of a mutually compatible
interstock does not overcome incompatibility.
Translocated incompatibility