Raising Seedlings of Tropical Trees

Raising Seedlings of Tropical Trees

Year of publication 2003

Pages 120

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series number 1020-4490

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Planting tropical trees is frequently hampered by the difficulty of obtaining enough seed of the desired species.This manual addresses the many facets of this problem in a practical qay by starting from the processes of sexual reproduction in trees, typically both delayed and intermittent, except in relatively few species. The prospects for stimulating flower formation and for increasing the setting of fruits are discussed, and the vital and difficult questions of genetic selection explained in straigthforward language. Collecting fruits and handling seeds are covered, with emphasis on avoiding losses at each stages,and on distinguishing non-storing seeds from those that are storable. Shading levels and germination media for successfully raising young seedlings are given attention, together with techniques that can increase the proportion of them that survive. Other sheets deal with using windings, crossing parent trees and doing seed experiments, and give sources of further informati on.

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