Cutting Propagation A Guide to Propagating and Producing Floriculture Crops

The latest techniques for propagating crops with terminal, stem, and leaf/stem cuttings are the focus of this horticulture handbook. Fifty-eight major floriculture crop species along with hundreds of other minor crop species are detailed according to the best way to propagate and grow each one. Plants are organised by their type, such as bedding, field cuts, foliage, and perennials. An introduction to the floriculture cutting propagation industry addresses establishing and managing a young-plants service, creating the correct conditions for a cutting harvest and propagation, and shipping unrooted, callus, and rooted cuttings and plugs. Nutrient, watering, and pest control information is also provided to help horticulturists to keep their crops healthy and strong.

John M. Dole is a professor of floriculture at North Carolina State University–Raleigh and the coauthor of Butterflies of Oklahoma, Kansas, and North Texas and Floriculture. He is the recipient of the Allan M. Armitage and Outstanding Service Awards from the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. James L. Gibson is an assistant professor of nursery production and management at University of Florida–Milton. He is the recipient of the 2005 West Florida Research and Education Center Faculty of the Year Award, the 2003 American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) Extension Materials Award, the Southern Region ASHS Extension Award, and the 2002 John Carew Memorial Floriculture Industry Research and Scholarship Trust. He lives in Milton, Florida.