Cut Rose: Rosa sp
Propagation
- Cut roses are commercially propagated by ‘T’ budding on Briar rootstock.
Cut Chrysanthemum: Dendranthema grandiflora)
Propagation
- Terminal cuttings and tissue culture plants are used.
- Terminal cuttings are widely used for commercial cultivation.
- Cuttings of 5-7 cm length are taken from healthy stock plants and are induced to root by treating with IBA (1000 ppm).
Carnation: Dianthus caryophyllus
Propagation
- Division of clumps, keikis, back bulbs and tissue culture plants
Lilium: Lilium sp
Propagation
- Liliums are commercially propagated through bulbs.
- A six week cold storage period at 2oC to 5oC is needed to break dormancy. Bulbs can be stored at - 20C up to one year.
Gladiolus: Gladiolus spp
Propagation
Tetraploids:
- Commercial propagation is through corms.
- Cold storage of corms at 3 to 7°C for
3 months or treatment with Ethrel (1000ppm) or GA3 (100ppm) or Thiourea (500 ppm) is
adopted for breaking corm dormancy
Triploids
- Propagated through terminal cuttings of 10 - 15 cm length (41,700 cuttings/ha).
Gerbera: Gerbera jamesonii
Propagation
- Commercially propagated through division of suckers and tissue culture plants.
China Aster: Callistephus chinensis
Propagation
- Propagated through seeds.
Source:
Crop Production Techniques of Horticultural Crops 2013 |
