Production and establishment of planting materials of selected ornamental plants.

Date

5-2012

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Rosario, Teresita L.

Abstract

The major practice on the production and establishment of selected ornamental plants was conducted from April 2011 to February 2012 at the Orchid Nursery and Ornamental Crops Nursery, UPLB, College, Laguna. Different propagation techniques namely seed propagation of selected ornamental plants, cuttings of medinilla, marcotting of bauhinia, medinilla, mussaenda and saraca, in vitro shoot tips and nodal cuttings of anthurium varieties and embryo culture of sea grape were performed. Anthurium seeds varied in their germination and survival rate depending on the species. Ardisia pyramidalis (Cav.) Pers. has low percent germination with only 29% due to the hard shell covering the seed. Hoya seeds 83% germination and weel established seedlings. The seeds of Medinilla magnifica L. and Medinilla teysmanii Miq. had high germination rate but slow growth and development. Both species did not form roots. Medinilla magnifica L. and Medinilla teysmanii Miq. cuttings developed roots after one month. M. teysmanii Miq.produced 100% rooted marcots; M. magnifica L. did not form roots. There was a higher number of rooted marcots and faster root formation in mussaenda, bauhinia and saraca, using sphagnum moss + 300 ppm IBA than in Foliatropica marcotting mix as rooting media.

Language

English

Location

College of Agriculture Crop Science Cluster

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Document Type

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