Vegetative reproduction from stems, roots and leaves is common to all plants and results in an identical plant from which the cutting came; it’s a clone. As gardeners, we propagate cuttings for many ...

EARLY in December 1949, we attempted the propagation by root cuttings of Lagerstrœmia indica, previously submitted for a fortnight to the action of low temperatures (0°–2° C.) or to a dry atmosphere ...

Gangolly and Pandalai 1, in their communication on vegetative propagation of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.), mention only one method, namely, the induction of suckers, but state that “there was ...