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Dale E. Kester is Professor of Pomology emeritus at the University of California, Davis. During his 40 years at the University of California he taught courses in plant propagation and pomology. He has been a member of the American Society of Horticultural Science, becoming a Fellow in 1977. He received jointly the Stark Award in 1980. He has published over 100 research and popular publications in plant propagation and pomology. He has had a lifelong collaboration with Dr. Hudson T. Hartmann which resulted in the publication of the first edition of Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices in 1959, followed by other editions in 1968, 1975, 1983, and 1990. One of the founders of the Western Region of the International Plant Propagators' Society (1960), he has served the society in various capacities including Vice-President, program chair (1996) and President (1997). He received the Curtis J. Alley Achievement Award in 1999. Fred T. Da

Table of Contents

PART I. GENERAL ASPECTS OF PROPAGATION

1. How Plant Propagation Evolved In Human Society

2. Biology of Plant Propagation

3. The Propagation Environment

PART II. SEED PROPAGATION

4. Seed Development

5. Principles and Practices of Seed Selection

6. Techniques of Seed Production and Handling

7. Principles of Propagation from Seeds

8. Techniques of Propagation by Seed

PART III. VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

9. Principles of Propagation by Cuttings

10. Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings

11. Principles of Grafting and Budding

12. Techniques of Grafting

13. Techniques of Budding

14. Layering and Its Natural Modifications

15. Principles and Practices of Clonal Selection

16. Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots

PART IV. CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE PROPAGATION

17. Principles of Tissue Culture and Micropropagation

18. Techniques for Micropropagation

PART V. PROPAGATION OF SELECTED PLANT SPECIES

19. Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species

20. Propagation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines

21. Propagation of Selected Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials Used As Ornamentals

Subject Index

Plant Index, Scientific Names

Plant Index, Common Names


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      Publisher Pearson Education
      Published 8 June 2013
      ISBN-13 9781292020884
      978-1292020884
      ISBN-10 1292020881
      Also in:
      Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Agriculture and farming

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Dale E. Kester is Professor of Pomology emeritus at the University of California, Davis. During his 40 years at the University of California he taught courses in plant propagation and pomology. He has been a member of the American Society of Horticultural Science, becoming a Fellow in 1977. He received jointly the Stark Award in 1980. He has published over 100 research and popular publications in plant propagation and pomology. He has had a lifelong collaboration with Dr. Hudson T. Hartmann which resulted in the publication of the first edition of Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices in 1959, followed by other editions in 1968, 1975, 1983, and 1990. One of the founders of the Western Region of the International Plant Propagators' Society (1960), he has served the society in various capacities including Vice-President, program chair (1996) and President (1997). He received the Curtis J. Alley Achievement Award in 1999. Fred T. Da

      Table of Contents

      PART I. GENERAL ASPECTS OF PROPAGATION

      1. How Plant Propagation Evolved In Human Society

      2. Biology of Plant Propagation

      3. The Propagation Environment

      PART II. SEED PROPAGATION

      4. Seed Development

      5. Principles and Practices of Seed Selection

      6. Techniques of Seed Production and Handling

      7. Principles of Propagation from Seeds

      8. Techniques of Propagation by Seed

      PART III. VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION

      9. Principles of Propagation by Cuttings

      10. Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings

      11. Principles of Grafting and Budding

      12. Techniques of Grafting

      13. Techniques of Budding

      14. Layering and Its Natural Modifications

      15. Principles and Practices of Clonal Selection

      16. Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots

      PART IV. CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE PROPAGATION

      17. Principles of Tissue Culture and Micropropagation

      18. Techniques for Micropropagation

      PART V. PROPAGATION OF SELECTED PLANT SPECIES

      19. Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species

      20. Propagation of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines

      21. Propagation of Selected Annuals and Herbaceous Perennials Used As Ornamentals

      Subject Index

      Plant Index, Scientific Names

      Plant Index, Common Names


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