Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

Pinching: Breaking or cutting the uppermost growing point which promotes outward
growth rather than upward growth.
Seed coat: The outer covering of a seed.
Softwood cuttings: Cuttings taken from soft, succulent, new spring growth of deciduous
or evergreen species of woody plants.
Stem cutting: Any part of a stem used for plant propagation by separating it from the
parent plant.
Sucker: A rapidly-growing, upright secondary vegetative shoot that develops from the
root or stem of a plant.
Tubers: Enlarged underground stems serving as storage organs of starch or related
materials like the potatoes.
7.4 Point To Remember
� Veneer grafting and soft wood grafting techniques can be used for large scale
multiplication of mango propagation while stooling is the easiest and cheapest
method of guava propagation.
� Patch/ Modified Ring Budding during mid of May to September gives 60 to 90
per cent success under north Indian conditions.
� A mixture of Leaf mould, FYM, Sand and Super Phosphate is thoroughly mixed in
the soil before forming the nursery bed or filling the bag or pot.
� Select the banana sword leaf suckers of 1.5 to 2.0 kg weight which is free from
diseases and nematodes.
� The seedlings production of tomato, capsicum, cauliflower and cabbage hybrids is
done in seedling trays and under protective structure.
� Seed propagation in Rose is used by Rose breeder for the development of new
varieties whereas the T-budding is used for commercial production of Roses.
� The tissue culture and divisions of clumps are the most common methods used in
mass production of gerbera.
� To facilitate the rooting in cuttings of jasmine a 1000-2000 PPM of IBA preparation
is applied to the basal portion.
7.5 Self Check Questions
1. Enlist the criteria for selection of mother plant and rootstock.
2. Explain in Short: Stooling in guava.
3. Describe the method of coconut seedling production.
4. Enlist the advantages of vegetable seedling production in pro-trays.
5. Explain the method of mass scale production of gerbera seedling.
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